Monument to the War of Independence in Lihula
Memorial site

This monument in Lihula was designed by Richard Vasard. It was fashioned from red granite, with a grey granite cross in the middle. Below the cross is the text: "To those fallen in the fight for freedom 1918-1920". The cornerstone was laid on 19 May 1935, with the finished monument unveiled on 4 August 1935. It was blown up in September 1947. The restored monument was unveiled anew on 23 June 1993. The monument itself has no tablets: instead, they have been added one at a time to the slopes at its base. The first tablet to be added lists the names of 26 people killed in the War of Independence. Those added since are dedicated to the victims of World War II and the Red Terror. At present, the tablets name more than 200 people from the surrounding municipalities who were killed.