Monument to the War of Independence in Kolga-Jaani
Memorial site

This monument near the church in Kolga-Jaani was unveiled on 19 September 1925. It commemorated the 17 Kolga-Jaani Lutherans killed in the war, as the monument in Lalsi was dedicated to the Orthodox fallen from the same parish. This distinction is unique to monuments to the War of Independence. The monument was demolished on 19 June 1941 during the first Soviet occupation. On 29 May 1988 a bronze bust of Villem Reiman, a clergy and one of the most important leaders of Estonian national movement, was unveiled at the site. The monument to the War of Independence was restored and unveiled anew a year later, on 28 May 1989, in the southern part of the church yard. It is a smaller copy of the original monument. Parts of the old monument lie in front of the new one.