Battle for Manila in the Scottish Rite Temple

Location: Scottish Rite Temple, Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1995

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

DURING THE BATTLE FOR MANILA INSIDE THE PREMISES OF THIS HISTORIC EDIFICE AROUND 200 INNOCENT FILIPINOS WERE HERDED AND MERCILESSLY KILLED BY JAPANESE MARINES. ONE OF THE FEW STRUCTURES TO SURVIVE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT BY THE U.S. ARTILLERY FORCES. THIS TEMPLE HAD BEEN OCCUPIED BY THE KEMPEITAIS AND SERVED AS A PLACE OF TORTURE AND EXECUTION BY JAPANESE MARINES AND MAKAPILIS.

THIS MARKER WAS INSTALLED PURSUANT TO BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 2, S. 1994 OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE.