In 1991, a monument to the Daugavgrīva Home Guards, who stopped the attack of the German Army in Jelgava in late April 1915, was unveiled near the Svēte School.
Monument to the Defenders of Jelgava
In early May 1915, a huge demonstration was dedicated to this event in Jelgava. The fact that the Latvian Home Guards managed to stop the German attack was used by J. Čakste and his associates to justify the idea of founding the Latvian riflemen units during the First World War.
/Sculptor Alīna Veibaha [1923-2011]/
Jelgava Coun., Pie Svētes skolas
