Plans are underway to initiate landscaping an area in Riga, on Radio Street, where a monument honoring those who resisted foreign powers is planned, according to Riga Mayor Viesturs Kleinbergs.
Public restrooms and trash cans will initially be removed from the site. Funding for the monument’s designated area may be included in the capital city’s budget for the coming year.
Solvita Vība, director of the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, expressed hope that the monument could be erected by 2028, though necessary funds still require to be raised.
On March 17, National Resistance Movement Remembrance Day, the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia presented Riga City Council with a landscaping project for the monument’s territory for implementation.
The monument will honor individuals who opposed Soviet rule through various means – armed combat, underground organizations, and acts of civil disobedience. It is planned for installation at Radio Street 1, the location where Bruno Javoišs raised the Latvian flag atop the Riga Radio Tower on December 5, 1963.
The monument project, spurred by a public initiative, is being led by the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia and is funded through donations. The creation of the monument requires 100,000 euros; more than 25,000 euros have been donated to date.
Izvēlies savu soctīklu platformu, lai sekotu LASI.LV: Facebook, X, Bluesky, Draugiem, Threads vai arī Instagram. Pievienojies mūsu lasītāju pulkam, lai saņemtu īpaši tev atlasītu noderīgu, praktisku un aktuālu saturu.
Pieraksties LASI.LV redaktora vēstkopai šeit.
Pieraksties vēstkopai un divas reizes nedēļā saņem padziļinātu LASI.LV galvenā redaktora aktuālo ziņu, kompetentu viedokļu un interesantāko interviju apkopojumu.
Ko tu saņemsi:
- Daudzveidīgus komentārus un kompetentus Latvijas Mediju žurnālistu un autoru viedokļus par aktuālo
- Ekspertu komentārus par dažādiem praktiskiem, noderīgiem tematiem
- Aizraujošus materiālus par vēsturi, psiholoģiju, kultūru
- Gata Šļūkas karikatūru
- Tavā e-pasta kastītē katru ceturtdienu
