 In the middle of 1963, when the issue of demolition was raised again, it was decided that the destruction of a structure of such artistic and historic value, the building of which had been funded by donations of the residents of Latvia, would only cause deep indignation, which in turn would cause tension in society.Over time the misinterpretation of symbolism also was toned down and by 1988 the monument was said, with somewhat more accuracy, to have been built to ""celebrate the liberation from bondage of the autocracy of the tsar and German barons"", although withholding the fact that the Bolshevik Red Army and the Red Latvian Riflemen were also adversaries in the Latvian War of Independence.Despite the Soviet government's efforts, on June 14, 1987, about 5,000 people rallied to commemorate the those affected by Soviet deportations.