Trece Martires de Bagumbayan

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© Judgefloro/Wikimedia Commons

Location: Japanese Garden, Rizal Park, Ermita, Manila

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

TRECE MARTIRES DE BAGUMBAYAN

HERE 13 PATRIOTS WERE EXECUTED BY THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON JANUARY 11, 1897. TEN WERE MASONS, NAMELY: NUMERIANO ADRIANO, JOSE DIZON, DOMINGO FRANCO, EUSTACIO MAÑALAC, GERONIMO CRISTOBAL MEDINA, RAMON PADILLA, ANTONIO SALAZAR, MOISES SALVADOR, LUIS ENCISO VILLAREAL, AND FAUSTINO VILLARUEL. BENEDICTO NIJAGA, BRAULIO RIVERA AND FRANCISCO L. ROXAS DIED WITH THEM. ALL WERE PATRIOTS.

THE 13 PAID THE HIGHEST PRICE POSSIBLE FOR THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY HAVING PERISHED FOR SO GREAT A CAUSE. THEY DESERVE TO LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR GRATEFUL COUNTRYMEN. TO THEIR MEMORY THIS MARKER IS RAISED.

Luklukan ng Pamahalaang Panghimagsikan ng Pilipinas, Bayambang Pangasinan

© Ramon FVelasquez/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 3.0

© Ramon FVelasquez/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 3.0

Location: Bayambang Municipal Hall, Bayambang, Pangasinan

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: November 12, 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

LUKLUKAN NG PAMAHALAANG PANGHIMAGSIKAN NG PILIPINAS

BAYAMBANG, PANGASINAN

SA BAYANG ITO, NOONG NOBYEMBRE 12, 1899, ITINATAG NG PANGULONG EMILIO AGUINALDO ANG SENTRO NG PAMAHALAANG PANGHIMAGSIKAN NG PILIPINAS. TINIPON ANG ISANG SANGGUNIAN NA NAGPASIYANG LANSAGIN ANG HUKBONG PILIPINO. NAPILITANG GUMAMIT NG PAMAMARAANG GERILYA SA PAKIKIPAGLABAN SA MGA AMERIKANO. NILISAN NANG SUMUNOD NA ARAW, NOBYEMBRE 13, 1899.

Trinidad Legarda (1899–1998)

Location: NFWC Building, 962 J. Escoda Street cor. San Marcelino Street, Ermita, Manila

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: March 28, 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

TRINIDAD LEGARDA

(1899–1998)

UNANG EMBAHADORA NG PILIPINAS, LIDER SIBIKO, MASUGID NA TAGAPAGTAGUYOD NG KILUSAN SA SIMPONIYA NG PILIPNAS. IPINANGAKA SA CUYO, PALAWAN, MARSO 28, 1899. ISA SA MGA NAGTAGUYOD SA PAGTATATAG NG MGA SENTRO SA PAGBASA, WALANG BAYAD NA PAG-AARAL SA KINDERGARTEN AT MGA PALARUANG PAMBAYAN AT ANG PAGPAPATANYAG SA SIMPONIYA. MASIGASIG NA NANGAMPANYA PARA SA KARAPATANG BUMOTO ANG MGA KABABAIHAN NOONG 1937. NAGING LIDER NG IBAT-IBANG SAMAHANG SIBIKO KABILANG NA ANG KANYANG PANUNUNGKULAN BILANG PANGULO NG NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1946–1952. HINIRANG NA EMBAHADOR SA REPUBLIKA NG VIETNAM AT KASABAY NITO, SUGONG PLENIPOTENSYARYO SA MGA KAHARIAN NG CAMBODIA AT LAOS, 1958–1962. TUMANGGAP NG MARAMING GAWAD MEDALYA TULAD NG GAWAD NA IPINAGKALOOB NG PAPA JOHN PAUL II, 1980. YUMAO, PEBRERO 2, 1998.

Luklukan ng Pamahalaang Panghimagsikan ng Pilipinas Bayambang, Pangasinan

Location: Bayambang Municipal Hall, Roxas Street, Poblacion, Bayambang, Pangasinan

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: November 12, 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

LUKLUKAN NG PAMAHALAANG PANGHIMAGSIKAN NG PILIPINAS 

BAYAMBANG, PANGASINAN

SA BAYANG ITO, NOONG NOBYEMBRE 12, 1899, ITINATAG NG PANGULONG EMILIO AGUINALDO ANG SENTRO NG PAMAHALAANG PANGHIMAGSIKAN NG PILIPINAS. TINIPON ANG ISANG SANGGUNIAN NA NAGPASIYANG LANSAGIN ANG HUKBONG PILIPINO. NAPILITANG GUMAMIT NG PAMAMARAANG GERILYA SA PAKIKIPAGLABAN SA MGA AMERIKANO. NILISAN NANG SUMUNOD NA ARAW, NOBYEMBRE 13, 1899.

The Raising of the Philippine Flag in Mindanao

Location: Guingona Park, Jose S. Aquino Avenue cor. Ester Luna Street, Butuan

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: January 19, 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

THE RAISING OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG IN MINDANAO

IN THIS PLACE ON JANUARY 17, 1899, GOVERNOR WENCESLAO GONZALES OF THE TERCIO DISTRITO OF SURIGAO, FR. FRANCISCO NEBOT, S.J. AND THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENTS OF BUTUAN FORMALLY LOWERED THE VATICAN FLAG AND OFFICIALLY RAISED THE PHILIPPINE FLAG ACCOMPANIED BY THE PLAYING OF THE HIMNO NACIONAL DE FILIPINAS BY THE LOCAL BANDS OF BUTUAN, TUBAY AND CABADBARAN. THE EVENT MARKED THE FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT IN MINDANAO.

Church of St. John the Baptist

Location: Agutaya Church, Agutaya, Palawan

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

COMPLETED IN 1748, THE CHURCH FORTRESS OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST OF AGUTAYA WAS BUILT BY THE AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECTS AS DEFENSE AGAINST MUSLIM INVASIONS NAMED AS BALUARTE DE SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE HELP OF THE AGUTAYANONS AND THEIR ENCOMENDERO DON ANTONIO DE ROJAS, WHO DELINEATED AND LAID OUT THE BUILDING. THE FORTRESS WAS EQUIPPED WITH CANNONS, ARQUEBUSES, SLINGERS AND MORTAR WEAPONS. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE CHURCH FORTRESS BECAME AN EVACUATION AND REFUGEE CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE OF AGUTAYA.

Labanan sa San Mateo

NHCP Photo Collection, 2024

Location: Bagong Silangan Barangay Hall, General Geronimo Street cor. Bonifacio Street, Bagong Silangan, Quezon City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: December 19, 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

LABANAN SA SAN MATEO

SA POOK NA ITO NOONG UMAGA NG DISYEMBRE 19, 1899 NAGANAP ANG ISANG MAKASAYSAYANG LABANAN NG DIGMAANG FILIPINO–AMERIKANO SA PAGITAN NG PANGKAT NI LICERIO GERONIMO, DIBISYONG HENERAL NG HUKBONG PANGHIMAGSIKAN NG RIZAL KASAMA ANG KANYANG BUONG PANGKAT NG MGA MANUNUDLA NA TINAWAG NA TIRADORES DE LA MUERTE AT ANG PANGKAT AMERIKANO SA PAMUMUNO NI KOMANDANTE HENERAL HENRY W. LAWTON NA BINUBUO NG ISANG BATALYON NG IKA-29 NA IMPANTERIYA, ISANG BATALYON NG IKA-27 IMPANTERIYA, ISANG KABAYUHAN AT ISANG DI-KABAYUHANG ISKWADRON NG IKA-11 KABALYERIYA. NAPATAY SA LABANANG ITO NG PANGKAT NI HENERAL GERONIMO SI HENERAL LAWTON, ISA SA PINAKAMATAAS NA OPISYAL NA MILITAR NG MGA AMERIKANO SA DIGMAANG FILIPINO–AMERIKANO.

INALISAN NG TABING SA PANAHON NG PAGDIRIWANG NG IKASANDAANG TAON NG MAKASAYSAYANG LABANAN NG SAN MATEO SA PAG-AALALA SA MGA NAGTANGGOL AT NAMATAY PARA SA ATING KARAPATANG MAGING MALAYANG BANSA.

Paduka Batara

Photo contributed by Fung Yu

Photo contributed by Fung Yu

Photo contributed by Fung Yu

Location: Su Lu Wang Mu, Lingnan Road, Decheng District, Dezhou, Shandong, People's Republic of China

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: May 23, 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

PADUKA BATARA

THE EASTERN KING OF SULU, KNOWN IN CHINESE RECORDS AS PA-TU-KO PA-TA-LA OR PA-TU KO PA-HA-LA. TRAVELLED TO CHINA IN 1417 DURING THE REIGN OF EMPEROR YONGLE WITH AN ENTOURAGE OF MORE THAN 340 PERSONS, AND PRESENTED TO THE EMPEROR A TRIBUTE CONSISTING OF A LETTER IN GOLDEN SCRIPT, PEARLS AND OTHER PRECIOUS GIFTS. ACKNOWLEDGING THE KING AS A TRUE RULER, EMPEROR YONGLE GAVE HIM OFFICIAL SEALS, COMMISSIONS, AND OTHER IMPERIAL GIFTS AS A SIGN OF GREAT RESPECT AND ADMIRATION. ENROUTE TO HIS HOMELAND AFTER 27 DAYS IN CHINA, THE SULU CHIEF FELL ILL AND DIED IN DEZHOU, SHANDONG PROVINCE. BURIED IN DEZHOU, TWO OF HIS SONS STAYED BEHIND TO HONOR AND GUARD THEIR FATHER’S TOMB. THEIR DESCENDANTS, WITH THE SURNAMES AN AND WEN, CONTINUE TO LIVE TODAY IN DEZHOU.

IN HONOR OF THE STRONG BOND OF FRIENDSHIP AND GOODWILL FORGED TOGETHER BY THE EARLY RULERS OF SULU AND CHINA THIS HISTORICAL MARKER IS DEDICATED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE KATIPUNANG GATRIZAL IN COOPERATION WITH THE SULTANATE OF SULU.

Daang Colon

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

Location: Colon Street, Cebu City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 17 May 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

DAANG COLON

ANG DAANG COLON, KILALA RIN BILANG PARIAN, ANG PINAKAMATANDANG DAAN SA PILIPINAS. IPINATAYO NG MGA KASTILA NA DUMATING SA CEBU NOONG 1565 LULAN NG PLOTANG BINUBUO NG MGA SASAKYANG-DAGAT NA SAN PEDRO, SAN PABLO AT SAN JUAN SA PAMUMUNO NI MIGUEL LOPEZ DE LEGAZPI.

 

St. Cecilia's Hall

Photo from the website of St. Scholastica's College

Photo from the website of St. Scholastica's College

Location:  St. Scholastica, Malate, Manila (Region NCR)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Theater
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: July 19, 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ST. CECILIA’S HALL

THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC OF ST. SCHOLASTICA’S COLLEGE, MANILA WAS FOUNDED IN 1907 BY SISTER BAPTISTA M. BATTIG, O.S.B. ST. CECILIA’S HALL, DESIGNED BY ANDRES LUNA DE SAN PEDRO, WAS INAUGURATED ON MARCH 8, 1932, DURING THE SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF ST. SCHOLASTICA’S COLLEGE OF MUSIC. IT BECAME A PREMIER MUSIC HALL AND VENUE OF CELEBRATED RECITALS AND CONCERTS OF THE SCHOOL’S MUSIC STUDENTS, LOCAL VIRTUOSOS, AND FOREIGN MUSICIANS. THE HALL WAS DESTROYED DURING THE LIBERATION OF MANILA AND REBUILT IN 1955. IT UNDERWENT A MAJOR INTERIOR RENOVATION IN 1998–99.

Labanan sa Quingua (Plaridel) Abril 23, 1899

Location: Plaridel, Bulacan (Region III)

Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: April 23, 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

LABANAN SA QUINGUA (PLARIDEL)

ABRIL 23, 1899

SA BAYANG ITO NAKASAGUPA NG PANGKAT NI KOR. PABLO TECSON AT NG IBA PANG YUNIT NG MGA REBOLUSYONARYO NG BULAKAN SA PAMUMUNO NI HENERAL GREGORIO DEL PILAR ANG HUKBONG AMERIKANO. NANAGUMPAY ANG MGA PILIPINO SA UNANG BAHAGI NG LABANAN SUBALIT NAPILITANG IWAN ANG KANILANG POSISYON SA PAGDATING NG PANIBAGONG DAGDAG NA KAWAL AT NG MAS MALAKAS NA SANDATANG PANDIGMA NG MGA KAAWAY KABILANG SA MGA PILIPINONG NASAWI SAMANTALANG NAKIKIPAGLABAN SINA JUAN EVANGELISTA AT PABLO MANIQUIZ.

ANG LABANAN SA QUINGUA AY ISA SA MAHAHALAGANG SAGUPAAN NOONG DIGMAANG PILIPINO–AMERIKANO. ANG PAGKAMATAY NG DALAWANG OPISYAL NA AMERIKANO SA LABANANG ITO AY NAKAPAGPALAKAS NG MORAL NG MGA PILIPINO SA PAKIKIPAGLABAN AT NAGING DAHILAN DIN UPANG PANSAMANTAANG MAANTALA ANG PANANALAKAY NG MGA AMERIKANO SA HILAGANG LUSON.

Arsenal ng Imus

NHCP Photo Collection

NHCP Photo Collection

NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Imus, Cavite (Region IV-A)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Military Structure
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ARSENAL NG IMUS

SA POOK NA ITO, NOONG 1896, ITINATAG NG TSINONG PANDAY NA SI JOSE IGNACIO PAUA, NA NAGING HENERAL NOONG HIMAGSIKANG PILIPINO LABAN SA ESPANYA AT LABANANG PILIPINO–AMERIKANO, ANG ISANG ARSENAL SA UTOS NI HENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO. DITO GINAWA AT KINUMPUNI ANG MGA BARIL AT LANTAKA NG MGA MANGHIHIMAGSIK SA TULONG NG IBA PA NIYANG KAPWA TSINO AT REBOLUSYONARYO.

Ylagan-De La Rosa Ancestral House

NHCP Photo Collection, 2009

Location: Taal, Batangas (Region IV-A)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House

Status: Level II - Heritage House

Legal basis: Resolution No. 9 s. 1998
Marker date: May 30, 1999 

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

YLAGAN-DE LA ROSA ANCESTRAL HOUSE

THIS HERITAGE HOUSE OF THE YLAGAN-DE LA ROSA FAMILY IS REGISTERED WITH THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE, PURSUANT TO NHI BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 9, S. 1998.

Church of San Pedro Apostol (Loboc Church)*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

Location: Loboc, Bohol (Region VII)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Marker date: 1999

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF SAN PEDRO APOSTOL

IN MAY 1597, FR. JUAN DE TORRES, S.J., ESTABLISHED THE MISSION OF LOBOC, WHICH WAS CANONICALLY ESTABLISHED AS A PARISH DEDICATED TO SAN PEDRO APOSTOL[.] IN 1602, THE PRESENT CHURCH, BUILT ON FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARLY CHURCH WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE, WAS STARTED IN 1670 AND COMPLETED IN 1734. THE CONVENT ANNEXED TO THE CHURCH IN A THREE-STOREY STRUCTURE, WAS THE CENTRAL RESIDENCE OF THE JESUIT MISSIONS. IN 1768, THE RECOLLECTS WERE ASSIGNED THE FORMER MISSIONS IN BOHOL; THEY BUILT THE OCTAGONAL BELL TOWER SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN CHURCH STRUCTURE. SOMETIME IN 1858, FRAY AQUILINO BON, O.A.R., BUILT THE PORTICO IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH FAÇADE AND THE OCTAGIONAL MORTUARY CHAPEL AT THE GOSPEL FLANK OF THE CHURCH.

Clarin Ancestral House

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

Location: Loay, Bohol (Region VII)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House

Status: Level II - Heritage House

Legal basis: Resolution No. 08, S. 1998

Marker date: June 29, 1999

Legal basis: Resolution No. 9 s. 1998

Marker text:

CLARIN ANCESTRAL HOUSE

THIS HERITAGE HOUSE OF THE CLARIN FAMILY IS REGISTERED WITH THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE PURSUANT TO NHI BOARD RESOLUTIO NO. 8, S. 1998.