Monument to the Soldiers Killed for Lithuania’s Freedom in 1919-1920
Memorial site

The monument to the Soldiers Killed for Lithuania’s Freedom in 1919-1920, in the battles of freedom, is located in Kupiškis Cemetery and is part of the Lithuanian Volunteers Memorial. The monument was built based on the design of Antanas Aleksandravičius; funds were donated by the residents of Kupiškis and surrounding towns and villages, as well as members of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and the Spring Union. The monument is made of concrete, with steps at the base and a white rectangular obelisk that has white Gediminas columns and a cross at the top on a cubic grey pedestal. This was the basic symbol of the burial of volunteer soldiers, which was not demolished during the Soviet occupation, but the
symbolism was covered with plaster at the time.
In 1989, on the initiative of the Sąjūdis of Kupiškis, the monument was reconstructed and consecrated.