Monument to the Fallen in Olonets expeditionOn July 7, 1929, at the Lutheran cemetery of Salmi, on the grave of 34 fallen in the Olonets expedition, was unveiled a monument created by sculptor Alpo Sailo. The ceremony was attended Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army Jäger Major-General Aarne Sihvo and Jäger Colonel Paavo Talvela, who said, among others, the following words: On the monument engraved the verses by Martti Haavio: YOU FELL YOUNG Each of the buried heroes has its own stone name plate. |