At the initiative of the resident of the municipality and participant of the barricades Gunars Sprogis, with the support of SIA UPPE and the local government of the municipality, as well as with the involvement of the population, a project was launched in 2017 – creation of the square “Light of Freedom” to honour participants of the barricades and remind the young generation of once experienced.

As a result of the project, a beautiful and well-kept memorial site with a story of the barricade events has been created. Visitors to the well-kept memorial site have the opportunity to see a stylized bonfire symbolizing light, fire, fervour in people’s hearts for the independence of the country, for the freedom of the nation, for the freedom of thought, word, opinion and action of each individual. In turn, the stylized glass plates symbolize the people who once participated in the barricades from Ozolnieki Municipality, as well as all those involved in the process of creating the project “Light of Freedom”. The names of 163 participants of the barricades and participants involved in the implementation of the project can be read on the glass plates, symbolically connecting the events of the past with the present.