Memorial tablet to the Sons of the North
Memorial site

A black granite memorial tablet bearing almost 200 names was placed on the wall of St John’s Church in Valga in 1934 in remembrance of the Finnish volunteers who fell in the Battle of Paju in the War of Independence. It was unveiled in 1934 by then Head of State Konstantin Päts. The polar bear emblem of the Sons of the North Regiment is depicted on the shield above the stone. The tablet was destroyed using pickaxes in 1940. The memorial tablet was unveiled anew on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Paju in 1999. The first tablet was made in Finland; the second in Tartu.