Centennial of the Unveiling of a Monument to Arsenije Loma, a Serbian Military Commander (of the Kačer village), and to the Fallen Warriors

On June 11, the Cultural Centre hosted a celebration marking the centennial of the unveiling of a monument to Arsenije Loma, a serbian military commander (of the Kačer village), and to the Serbian warriors killed in the Balkan Wars and in the First World War. On that occasion, an inspired speech was delivered by the historian Aleksandar Marušić of the Museum of the Rudnik and Takovo Area, the principal of the Arsenije Loma Primary School Dragana Miletić and the teacher Gošo Krsmanović.

The Rudnik area played a significant role in the First World War, especially in the Kolubara Battle. In 1915, some 200 locals from this area went to war, most of them joining the Šumadija Division. The monument to Arsenije Loma and the warriors was built in the centre of the town, near today’s primary school of the same name. It was built of white marble from the Venčac mountain. The monument is placed on a stepped pedestal. On the top of the monument, there is a two-headed crowned eagle, a memorial text beneath it and a carved wreath at the bottom. The monument is dedicated to people from Rudnik who were killed in the wars and whose graves have been scattered worlwide. It is also dedicated to the military commander Arsenije Loma (1778 – 1815), one of the most prominent participants in the First Serbian Uprising and one of the greatest heroes from this region.