Zemitāna laukums Memorial site

Jorģis Zemitāns (1873–1928) – a graduate of the Vilnius Military Academy, served in the Russian Imperial Army, was taken prisoner by the Germans during World War I. Colonel of the Latvian Army, Knight of the Lāčplēsis War Order, 3rd Class, Knight of the Estonian Order of the Cross of Freedom, Commander of the Northern Latvian Brigade during the Liberation Wars. Skrīveri Primary School, streets in Riga, Skrīveri and Strenči, a square and a railway station in Riga are named after him.
In a square surrounded by lime trees between Brīvības, Lielvārdes and Zemitānas streets, a monument to J. Zemitānas, created by sculptor Gunta Zemīte and stonemasons Ivars Feldbergs and Jānis Metuzāls, was unveiled in 1995. Its location is not frontal, but diagonal to the buildings and the approach road. The arch, carved in granite like a rainbow, placed on the pedestal blocks forms the emblem of the independence struggle recognizable in the riflemen's cockades and breastplates – the motif of the rising sun. On the left side of the main facade, a dedication inscription is carved on the pedestal: "To Colonel of the Latvian Army Jorģis Zemitānas". The 1.84m high monument is surrounded by a carefully tended, magnificently blooming flower bed.