Monument to the Soldiers killed for Lithuania‘s Freedom in 1920
Memorial site

The monument is located in the town of Giedraičiai.

On June 19, 1932, a monument to those who died for the freedom of Lithuania was unveiled in Giedraičiai. The initiators of the construction of the monument were the residents of Giedraičiai – the artist and author of the monument Antanas Jaroševičius, priest Meigys, Malvina Valeikienė and Matas Valeika, who supported the Lithuanian soldiers in battle, the Širvintos society and the Lithuanian army collected 11,000 litas for the monument. The invitation to donate for the construction of the monument states that the monument is being built “to honor the victory and for our eternal joy, it will remind us of the historical significance of that place, and will also show respect for the soldiers buried in Giedraičiai.”

The unveiling ceremony of the monument was pompous, attended by the President of the Republic of Lithuania A. Smetona, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, representatives of the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 9th regiments and officers who participated in the battles in Giedraičiai. Flowers were dropped from warplanes at the monument, a prominent Lithuanian figure and one of the organizers of the monument's construction Malvina Valeikienė read out the names of the Lithuanian soldiers who died at Giedraičiai, she was awarded the 3rd degree Order of the Cross of Vytis, and the flag of the local rifle unit was consecrated at the monument. In 1962–1964. by order of the Soviet administration, an unsuccessful attempt was made to demolish the monument, and later it was declared a historical monument.