Jagna Martyrs

NHCP Photo Collection, 2021

NHCP Photo Collection, 2021

NHCP Photo Collection, 2021

Location: Brgy. Lonoy, Jagna, Bohol

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

JAGNA MARTYRS

SITE OF A BLOODY ENCOUNTER BETWEEN FILIPINOS AND AMERICANS IN WHICH 406 DIE-HARD REVOLUTIONISTS LED BY CAPITAN GOYO (GREGORIO) CASEÑAS, PERISHED ON EASTER SUNDAY, 1901. THE INTREPID BAND DUG INTO GRASSY TRENCHES INTENDING TO AMBUSH THE AMERICANS, BUT THE TREACHERY OF FRANCISCO (ISKO) ACALA, WHO REVEALED THE PLAN TO THE AMERICANS, RESULTED INSTEAD IN THE WHOLESALE DEATH OF CAPITAN GOYO AND HIS MEN. THE AMERICANS ENTERED JAGNA AND BURNED THE WHOLE TOWN, SPARING ONLY THE CHURCH, THE CONVENT AND A FEW HOUSES.

Inscription on the Magsaysay Monument Dedication

Location: Plaza Independencia, Cebu City

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 25 May 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY BY A GRATEFUL PEOPLE.

ERECTED THROUGH THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE PATRIA AFFILIATED CEBU EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC. (PACEA) AND FINANCED BY FUNDS CONTRIBUTED BY FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS.

Church of Hagonoy

Location: Hagonoy, Bulacan

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF HAGONOY

ORIGINALLY A CHAPEL UNDER THE PARISH OF CALUMPIT. BECAME A CHURCH, 1731, FR. JUAN ALBARRAN, AUGUSTINIAN, FIRST CURATE. REBUILT, 1871, BY FR. IGNACIO MANZA NARES. TAKEN OVER BY THE FILIPINO CLERGY, 1896. FR. CLEMETE GARCIA, FIRST FILIPINO CURATE. SUCCEEDED BY FR. DR. MARIANO SEVILLA, 1902-1922; FR. EXEQUIEL MORELOS, 1922-1936. IMROVED BY FR. CELESTINO RODRIGUEZ, CURATE SINCE 1936, ASSISTED BY THE CONGREGATION OF THE RELIGIOSAS DE LA VIRGEN MARIA (R.V.M.).

Pitugan

Location: Pitugan, Tubao, La Union

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

PITUGAN

HERE BRIGADIER-GENERAL MANUEL ROXAS TOGETHER WITH HIS FAMILY AFTER ESCAPING FROM JAPANESE CUSTODY IN BAGUIO CONTACTED THE AMERICAN LIBERATION FORCES SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 15 APRIL 1945.

Claro Caluya

Location: Don Claro Caluya Green Garden, Estella Street, Piddig, Ilocos Norte

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CLARO CALUYA

FOREMOST VERNACULAR POET AND DRAMATIST IN ILOCOS NORTE. BORN 22 JUNE 1868. SON OF RAFAEL CALUYA AND NORBERTA PASION. STUDIED N HIS HOMETOWN; LATER WENT TO A HIGHER SCHOOL IN LAOAG 1882; BECAME CABEZA DE BARANGAY, 1890 AND CAPITAN MUNICIPAL, 1893–1896; JOINED THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES, 1896–1897; DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF IN THE FILIPINO–AMERICAN WAR; SERVED AS MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT OF HIS TOWN, 1903–1905. UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION, THE FIRST PUBLIC MARKET WAS BUILT AND SEVERAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS WERE OPENED. FOUNDED CIVIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. WROTE MANY PLAYS AND POEMS IN ILOCANO, INCLUDING A TRANSLATION OF RIZAL’S ULTIMO ADIOS, WHICH IS CONSIDERED AS THE MOST LYRICAL ILOCANO VERSION OF THE POEM. MARRIED TO SABINA AQUINO. DIED 14 DECEMBER 1914.

Severino de las Alas

Location: A. Mabini Street cor. San Gregorio Street, Indang, Cavite

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 8 January 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

SEVERINO DE LAS ALAS

MAKABAYAN, GURO, PILANTROPO AT KALIHIM PANLOOB SA PANAHON NG UNANG REPUBLIKA PILIPINA. IPINANGANAK SA INDANG, KABITE, ENERO 8, 1851. NAG-ARAL SA KOLEHIYO NG SAN JUAN DE LETRAN AT NAGTAPOS NG BATAS SA UNIBERSIDAD NG STO. TOMAS. NAGTURO SA MAYNILA AT SA INDANG. KAGAWAD NG KOMBENSIYON SA TEJEROS, MARSO 22, 1897. LUMAGDA SA KONSTITUSYON NG BIYAK-NA-BATO. KALIHIM PANLOOB SA GABINETE NI PATERNO, MAYO 7, 1899. LIDER NG GERILYA SA KABITE, 1899–1901. DALAWANG SUNOD NA PANAHONG NAHALAL NA PRESIDENTE MUNISIPAL NG INDANG, 1906–1909, 1909–1912. NAMATAY SA INDANG, NOBYEMBRE 4, 1918.

Heneral Nicolas Gonzales at Lantin

Location: People's Park in the Sky, Tagaytay, Cavite

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: December 5, 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

HENERAL NICOLAS GONZALES AT LANTIN

ISINILANG SA TANAUAN, BATANGAS, IKA-5 NG DISYEMBRE 1859. ANAK NINA EUSEBIO GONZALES AT LEOCADIA LANTIN. NAGTAPOS SA KOLEHIYO NG SAN JUAN DE LETRAN AT NAG-ARAL SA PAMANTASAN NG SANTO TOMAS. NAHALAL NA GOBERNANDOR NG TANAUAN, 1894–1897; NAMUNO BILANG KORONEL SA BATALYON MAKILING SA ILALIM NG PANGANGASIWA NI HENERAL MIGUEL MALVAR. NAKASAMA NINA HENERAL JUAN CAILLES AT HENERAL PIO DEL PILAR SA PANGKAT NG MGA MANGHIHIMAGSIK NA NAGWAGI SA LIPA, BATANGAS, AT SA SANTA CRUZ, LAGUNA. NATAAS SA TUNGKULING BRIGADYER, 1901; NAGING GOBERNADOR NG BATANGAS, IKA-16 NG OKTUBRE 1916 HANGGANG IKA-31 NG OKTUBRE 1919. TINAGURIANG BUNDOK NG GONZALES NG MGA AMERIKANO ANG POOK NG BANAWAN BILANG ALAALA SA KANYANG PAGKAHIMPIL DOON. NAMATAY SA TANAUAN, BATANGAS, IKA-5 NG HULYO 1923.

The Bitalag Road Junction

Location: Bitalag Park, Km. 320 Manila North Road cor. Tagudin–Cervantes–Sabangan Road, Brgy. Bitalag, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE BITALAG ROAD JUNCTION

THIS ROAD JUNCTION WHICH SERVED AS VITAL JAPANESE OUTPOST, WAS ASSAULTED BY ELEMENTS OF THE 121ST INFANTRY, USAFIP NL, ON 8 JANUARY 1945 AND WAS CAPTURED FOUR DAYS LATER. THE SIEGE OF BITALAG WAS THE INITIAL ACTION IN THE GREAT BATTLE FOR BESSANG PASS, FARTHER TO THE EAST, WHOSE CAPTURE ON 14 JUNE 1945 HASTENED THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

 

The Base Hospital USAFIP, NL

© Judgefloro/Wikimedia Commons

© Judgefloro/Wikimedia Commons

© Eugene Alvin Villar/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 1.0

Location: Tagudin Town Plaza, San Antolin Street, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE BASE HOSPITAL USAFIP, NL

THE BASE HOSPITAL WAS TRANSFERRED TO THIS TOWN ON 27 MAY 1945, BRINGING IT CLOSER TO THE FRONTLINE WHERE THE BATTLE CASUALTIES AND MEDICAL CASES WERE TREMENDOUSLY HEAVY. HEADQUARTERS WAS INSTALLED AT THE MUNICIPAL HALL, WHILE BIG TENTS SET UP ON THE TOWN PLAZA, AND ON THE MARKET SITE AS WELL AS THE BIG RESIDENTIAL HOUSES BORDERING THE TOWN PLAZA, WERE UTILIZED AS HOSPITAL WARDS. MANNED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CAMPAIGN BY 881 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL, THIS HOSPITAL WAS BIGGEST INSTALLATION OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY DURING THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION CAMPAIGN.

Camp Spencer

Location: Bacnotan–Luna–Balaoan Road, Brgy. Darigayos, Luna, La Union

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CAMP SPENCER

NAMED IN HONOR OF PRIVATE GRAFTON SPENCER, AUS, KILLED IN ACTION EARLY 1943. THIS CAMP IN DARIGAYOS, SITE OF THE GHQ, WAS CENTER AND BASE OF OPERATIONS OF THE USAFIP, NL, DURING THE LIBERATION CAMPAIGN OF LUZON, FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1945 WHEN 52,033 ENEMY TROOPS WERE KILLED AND 32,001 CAPTURED. THIS CAMP WAS DEACTIVATED ON ORDERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, DECEMBER 1946.

DARIGAYOS COVE WAS THE LANDING SCENE OF AMERICAN SUBMARINE LANDINGS FOR VITAL WAR MATERIEL AND SUPPLIES FROM THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC AREA, COMMAND OF GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, LATE 1944.

Church of Sarrat

Archival photos from the Diocese of Laoag (captured, 2019)

Archival photos from the Diocese of Laoag (captured, 2019)

Location: Santa Monica Parish, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Note: The historical marker was lost after a massive earthquake damaged the facade of the church in 1983.

Marker text:

CATHOLIC CHURCH OF SARRAT

FORMERLY NAMED CHURCH OF SAN MIGUEL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ARRIVAL AT SARRAT OF THE FIRST MISSIONARIES ON THE FEAST OF SAN MIGUEL 29 SEPTEMBER 1724; NOW NAMED SARRAT BY THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE IN 1916, RESTORED THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE TOWN, SARRAT. FIRST CONVENT CONSTRUCTED 1769 SERVED AS TEMPORARY CHURCH; DESTROYED BY FIRE 16 MARCH 1816; CHURCH AND TOWER WERE CONSTRUCTED 1779; ANOTHER CONVENT WAS BUILT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF FATHER VICENTE BERRAGRO AND FINISHED MAY 1817; BURNED AGAIN 18 OCTOBER 1882; A THIRD CONVENT WAS BUILT AND COMPLETED JUNE 1896.

Abolition of Tobacco Monopoly

NHCP Photo Collection, 2020

NHCP Photo Collection, 2020

NHCP Photo Collection, 2020

Location: Laoag City, Ilocos Norte

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Commemorative marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

ABOLITION OF TOBACCO MONOPOLY

GOVERNMENT TOBACCO MONOPOLY FORMALLY ESTABLISHED MARCH 1782 BY GOVERNOR JOSE BASCO Y VARGAS BY VIRTUE OF THE ROYAL DECREE OF 9 FEBRUARY 1780.

WHILE THIS MONOPOLY INCREASED GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND STIMULATED THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, IT LED TO MANY ABUSES BY THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

ABOLISHED IN 1882 BY THE ROYAL DECREE OF 25 JUNE 1881 DURING THE INCUMBENCY OF GOVERNOR FERNANDO PRIMO DE RIVERA.

ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE AS AN EXPRESSION OF JOY OVER THE ABOLITION OF THE TOBACCO MONOPOLY.

Leona Florentino

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

Location: Vigan, Ilocos Sur

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

LEONA FLORENTINO

FOREMOST ILOCANO POETESS, SUBTLE SATIRIST AND PLAYWRIGHT. BORN IN VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR 19 APRIL 1849. DAUGHTER OF MARCELINO FLORENTINO AND ISABEL FLORENTINO MOTHER OF THE LATE ISABELO DE LOS REYES. DISTANT COUSIN OF RIZAL. A POET AT THE AGE OF TEN. HER WORKS IN SPANISH AND ILOCANO WERE LATER EXHIBITED IN THE “EXPOSICION GENERAL DE FILIPINAS,” MADRID, 1887 AND IN THE “EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE,” PARIS, 1889. HER NAME WITH A LIST OF SOME OF HER WORKS APPEARED IN THE “BIBLIOTHEQUE INTERNATIONALE DES OUVERES DES FEMMES” EDITED BY MADAME ANDZIA WOLKSKA, 1889. DIED 4 OCTOBER 1884.

Bacsil Ridge

NHCP File

NHCP File

Location: San Fernando, La Union (Region I)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Ridge
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
                                                                  BACSIL RIDGE

CONVERTED INTO A MOUNTAIN BASTION BACSIL RIDGE CONSTITUTED THE EAST FLANK OF THE JAPANESE LINE ESTABLISHED IN MID-JANUARY 1945 AT THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN FERNANDO , LA UNION. SUBJECTED TO SEVERAL CONCERTED ATTACKS BY ELEMENTS OF THE 121ST INFANTRY, UASAFIP, NL. BACSIL WAS FINALLY TAKEN ON 21 MARCH 1945, AND THREE DAYS LATER THE TOWN-PORT OF SAN FERNANDO, LA UNION WAS LIBERATED.

Roman Catholic Cathedral of Manila

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

Location: Manila Cathedral, Intramuros, Manila
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship 

Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:

ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF MANILA

FIRST CATHEDRAL BUILT IN 1581, DAMAGED BY A TYPHOON, 1582 AND DESTROYED BY FIRE 1583. SECOND CATHEDRAL BUILT OF STONE IN 1592 AND PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE, 1600. THIRD CATHEDRAL BUILT OF STONE IN 1614 AND DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1645. FOURTH CATHEDRAL MAGNIFICENTLY BUILT IN 1654-1671 BY ARCHBISHOP MIGUEL POBLETE AND DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF3 JUNE 1863. FIFTH CATHEDRAL BUILT IN 1870-1879 UNDER ARCHITECTS LUCIANO OLIVER, VICENTE SERRANO SALAVERRIA AND EDUARDO LOPEZ NAVARRO AND SOLEMNLY BLESSED IN DECEMBER 1879. THE CENTER OF THE CROSS ON THE DOME IS A REFERENCE POINT OF ASTRONOMICAL LONGITUDES OF MANILA IN 1945. SIXTH CATHEDRAL RECONSTRUCTION 1954-1958; UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ARCHBISHOP RUFINO J. SANTOS OF MANILA MAINLY WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE. FERNANDO OCAMPO, ARCHITECT.

Birthplace of Manuel Acuña Roxas

NHCP Photo Collection 2019

NHCP Photo Collection 2019

Location: Roxas City, Capiz (Region VI)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House

Status: Level II - Historical Marker
Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:

BIRTHPLACE OF MANUEL ACUNA ROXAS

ON THIS SITE OF THE TOWN CAPIZ, WAS BORN PRESIDENT MANUEL A. ROXAS,1 JANUARY 1892. FIERY ORATOR, DIGNIFIED STATESMAN, REALISTIC ECONOMIST, AND TRUE PATRIOT. SECOND SON OF GERARDO ROXAS AND ROSARIO ACUNA. BECAME LAWYER IN 1913; TOWN COUNCILOR, 1917; PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR, 1919; SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1922-1934; SECRETARY OF FINANCE, 1941; PRESIDENT, PHILIPPINE SENATE, 1945-1946; LAST PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1946-1948. DIED OF HEART ATTACK AFTER AN IMPASSIONED SPEECH IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY AT CLARK FIELD, PAMPANGA AS GUEST OF MAJOR GENERAL EUGENE L. EUBANK, C.G., U.S.A., 13TH AIR FORCE, 15 APRIL 1948.