Former Tome Elementary School Battle site

The former Tome Elementary School is located between Baldone-Tome Road (V4, called “Düna Straße” on the World War I map), Tome Evangelical Lutheran Church and Tome Cemetery. The school, like the adjacent church, suffered during the battles of World War I (1916). The National Library of Latvia (LNB) “Lost Latvia” features a photo of the first Tome school in the Siliņi house (1925). The current school building was built in 1926. After the school reform, the school was closed. Today, it houses the Ķegums Regional Museum and Library. On December 13, 2017, a sculpture dedicated to Regina Ezera “Man Needs a Dog”, sculpted by Aigars Zemītis, was unveiled in the museum courtyard. A memorial plaque to the Tome residents deported to Siberia is installed on the wall of the building.