On March 26, 1938, the Monument to Battles of Suodenniemi and the local victims of the Red Terror was unveiled near the Suodenniemi Church.

The monument is made of natural stone according to the sketches of the sculptor baron Emil Cedercreutz.

On the front side there are two copper plates, on the first the following inscriptions are placed:

“In memory of those who fell in the bloody battles of Suodenniemi in 1918 and the participants in these battles.”

"Lord, to the people of Finland
give battle and labor.
Give joy, give pain,
but do not give the yoke of slavery.”

On the second plate there is a relief image of a horseman, as well as the inscription

"For the freedom of the Fatherland"

and the names of local residents who fell in battles or were killed. The list is followed by the phrase:

“Future generations, respect the work of the fathers, keep the memory of the heroes sacred.”

Among the fifteen names on the monument is the name of Antti Kannisto:

"Antti Kannisto fell in Olonets on April 28, 1919."

16-year-old volunteer Antti Artturi Kannisto (7.11.1902 – 4.05.1919) belonged to the 3rd company of the 1st battalion of the Olonets expedition and was wounded on May, 1st in battle of the Megrega Village. He was evacuated with a gunshot wound to the chest to the intermediate hospital in Salmi. On May 4, Antti Kannisto died there. He is buried in the Lutheran cemetery in Salmi, where the Monument to the Fallen in Olonets expedition was later erected. His date of death is incorrect on both memorials.