Memorial to the White Soldiers of the War of Independence

In the courtyard of Kuhmo Church stands a memorial honoring the heroes of the White soldiers of the 1918 War of Independence. The memorial lists the names, birth dates, and death dates of ten men from the Kuhmoniemi parish (renamed Kuhmo in 1937) who died in Vyborg or the Vyborg province in April 1918. Of these fallen men, nine were conscripts and one volunteered for military service. Next to the memorial is the hero's grave of these ten young men. A dedication ceremony was held on May 19, 1918, and the memorial was erected on October 5, 1925. Although there was no actual fighting in Kuhmo during the War of Independence, people from Kuhmo participated in the fighting, for example, with the Kajaani Guerrilla Regiment. Of the 582 men from Kainuu who took part in the war, 30 came from Kuhmo. The most famous person from Kainuu was Urho Kekkonen from Kajaani, who later became the eighth President of Finland.

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• Text: Visit Kuhmo
• Photos: Lassi Piirainen (1, 2), Museovirasto (3)
• https://visitkuhmo.fi/en/traditions-stories/military-history-in-kuhmo/memorial-to-the-white-soldiers-of-the-war-of-independence/