Monument to the Defenders of Jelgava Memorial site
Jelgavas reģionālais tūrisma centra digitālais arhīvs
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Vilces ielā 6, Svēte, Svētes pagasts, Jelgavas novads, Latvija, Latvia
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The Monument to the Defenders of Jelgava – the Daugavgrīva Home Guards who stopped the German Army from attacking Jelgava at the end of April 1915, was unveiled in 1991 next to Svēte School in Jelgava Municipal ity. At the beginning of May 1915, a large demonstration was held in Jelgava to commemorate this important event. The fact that the Latvian Home Guards managed to stop the German attack was used by Jānis Čakste and his as sociates to justify the idea of establishing Latvian Riflemen units during World War I.
The author of the monument is sculptor Alīna Veibaha (1923–2011)
Used sources and references:
https://visit.jelgava.lv/lv/apskates-objekti/vestures-pieminekli-un-pieminas-vietas/item/162-piemineklis-jelgavas-atbrivotajiem
