A monument to the memory of the members of the Drustu parish who fell in the First World War and in the battles for the Liberation of Latvia
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It is located near the Drustu Lutheran Church.
The monument was opened on June 19, 1932.
On June 14, 1931, the foundation stone of the monument was laid, on which the text "Hundreds of years will come and go, heroes will sacrifice themselves for fatherhood". A galvanized tin capsule with a memorial letter signed by the then Chief of Army Staff General Aleksanders Kalējs, parents of the fallen soldiers and other honored guests of the ceremony is embedded under it.
During the communist occupation, the text under the tab was cemented, but the bronze tab was hidden by the parishioners. When the Revival began, local activists of the Latvian People's Front cleaned the inscription and placed the preserved tab in its place.
41 members of the Drustu congregation who died in the First World War and the Latvian War of Independence have been identified.
Placed in the niches of the church wall are commemorative plaques for the victims of the communist terror - with 58 names of Drustenians and Gatartians carved into oak - the names of people whose graves are unknown.
Used sources and references:
https://karavirukapi.blogspot.com/2019/07/drustos-piemineklis-1-pk-un-lak.html
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