Bayan ng Baler

Location: Baler Municipal Hall, San Luis Street, Baler, Aurora

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 2009

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

BAYAN NG BALER

LUMANG PAMAYANAN SA BARRIO SABANG, BAGO DUMATING ANG MGA ESPANYOL. ITINATAG BILANG MISYON NG MGA PARING PRANSISKANO, 1609. NASIRA NG MALALAKING ALON, 27 DISYEMBRE 1735. LUMIKAS PANSAMANTALA ANG MGA MAMAMAYAN SA BUROL NG ERMITA BAGO LUMIPAT SA KASALUKUYANG POOK. NAGING KABISERA NG DISTRITO NG EL PRINCIPE (NGAYO’Y AURORA), 1856. POOK NA SINILANGAN NI MANUEL LUIS QUEZON, 19 AGOSTO 1878. SUMIKLAB ANG HIMAGSIKAN, OKTUBRE 1897. NAGANAP SA SIMBAHAN ANG PAGKUBKOB NG MGA REBOLUSYONARYO SA PUWERSANG ESPANYOL, 27 HUNYO 1898 – 2 HUNYO 1899, NA KINILALA BILANG MGA KAIBIGAN NG BISA NG DEKRETO NI HEN. EMILIO AGUINALDO, 20 HUNYO 1899. NAGING BAHAGI NG TAYABAS (NGAYO’Y QUEZON), 12 HUNYO 1902. NAGING KABISERA NG SUB-PROVINCE NG AURORA, 1951, AT NG LALAWIGAN NG AURORA, 1979.

Siege of the Church of Baler

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

Location: Church of San Luis Obispo Parish, Baler, Aurora (Region III)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Event
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker dates: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

SIEGE OF THE CHURCH OF BALER

A SPANISH GARRISON OF FOUR OFFICERS AND FIFTY MEN WAS BESIEGED IN THIS CHURCH BY FILIPINO INSURGENTS FROM JUNE 27, 1898, TO JUNE 2, 1899. OFFERS OF PEACE AND DEMANDS FOR SURRENDER WERE REFUSED ON FIVE OCCASIONS. FROM NEWSPAPERS DROPPED INTO THE COURT BY AN EMISSARY OF GENERAL RIOS ON MAY 29, THE GARRISON LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PHILIPPINES HAD BEEN LOST TO SPAIN AND THAT FOR MANY MONTHS THERE HAD BEEN NO SPANISH FLAG IN LUZON, EXCEPT THE ONE WAVING OVER BALER CHURCH. BROKEN BY STARVATION AND TROPICAL DISEASES, THE DEPLETED COMMAND ARRANGED A TRUCE WITH THE INSURGENTS AND MARCHED OUT OF THIS CHURCH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO MANILA ON JUNE 2, 1899. OF THE ORIGINAL GARRISON, TWO OFFICERS, THE PRIEST AND TWELVE MEN HAD DIED FROM DISEASE; TWO MEN HAD BEEN KILLED BY INSURGENT BULLETS; TWO MEN HAD BEEN EXECUTED; TWO OFFICERS AND FOURTEEN MEN HAD BEEN WOUNDED; SIX MEN HAD DESERTED. THE FORTITUDE OF THE GARRISON WAS PRAISED BY GENERAL AGUINALDO IN A PUBLIC DOCUMENT ISSUED AT TARLAC ON JUNE 20, 1899. UPON THEIR RETURN TO SPAIN THE SURVIVORS WERE REWARDED BY THE QUEEN REGENT IN THE NAME OF ALFONSO XIII AND THE SPANISH NATION.

Aurora Aragon Quezon (1888-1949)

NHCP Photo Collection 2019

NHCP Photo Collection 2019

NHCP Photo Collection 2019

Location: Baler, Aurora
Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: February 19, 1985

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:

AURORA ARAGON QUEZON

(1888-1949)

LIDER SIBIKO AT PANGUNAHING UNANG GINANG SA ILALIM NG MALASARILING PAMAHALAAN NG PILIPINAS. IPINANGANAK NOONG IKA-19 NG PEBRERO 1888 SA BALER, TAYABAS (NGAYO'Y SAKOP NG LALAWIGAN NG AURORA). NAGARAL SA PAARALANG NORMAL NG PILIPINAS. IKINASAL SA HONGKONG KAY MANUEL LUIS QUEZON, PANGULO NG SENADO NOONG 1918. MGA ANAK: MARIA AURORA, MARIA ZENAIDA, LUISA CORAZON PAZ AT MANUEL L., JR.

NAGTATAG AT NAGSAGAWA NG IBA'T IBANG BATAYAN NG KAALAMAN PARA SA MAMAMAYAN, LALO NA NG KABATAAN, SA BALER UPANG MAPAUNLAD ANG KARUNUNGANG BUMASA'T SUMULAT AT MAITAGUYOD ANG MGA TUNGKULIIVG PAMBAYAN. MAKARAANG MAMATAY ANG PANGULONG QUEZON (1944) NAGTAGUYOD NG MGA GAWAING PANLIPUNAN AT PANRELIHIYON PARA MAPABUTI ANG PAMANTAYAN NG PAMUMUHAY AT PAGBIBIGAY NG KARUNUNGAN AT BIYAYA SA MGA KAPUSPALAD. NAMUNO PARA MAKILALANG ISANG PAMBANSANG SAMAHAN ANG KRUS NA PULA AT NAGING UNANG BABAENG PANGULO NITO.TINANGKILIK ANG PAGTATAYONG MULI NG MAKASAYSAYANG SIMBAHAN NG BALER.

HABANG PAUWI NG BALER, TINAMBANGAN NG ISANG PANGKAT NG HUKBALAHAP SA NUEVA ECIJA AT KASAMANG NAPATAY SI MARIA AURORA, MANUGANG FELIPE BUENCAMINO III AT ILANG KAIBIGAN NOONG IKA-28 NG ABRIL 1949.BILANG PARANGAL SA KANYA, ITINATAG ANG SUB-LALAWIGAN NG AURORA NOONG 1951 SA PAMAMAGITAN NG BATAS NG REPUBLIKA BLG. 648 AT GINAWANG LALAWIGAN ITO SA BISA NG BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 7 NOONG 1978.

Birthplace of Manuel Luis Quezon

Location: Baler, Aurora (Region III)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker Date: 1948

Marker text:

BIRTHPLACE OF MANUEL LUIS QUEZON

ON THIS SITE OF THIS TOWN, BALER, WAS BORN MANUEL LUIS QUEZON, 19 AUGUST 1878. INDOMITABLE CRUSADER OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, GREAT AND FIERY STATESMAN, DYNAMIC AND FAR-SIGHTED LEADER, AND TRUE PATRIOT. SON OF LUCIO QUEZON AND MARIA MOLINA. BECAME A SOLDIER IN 1899, LAWYER, 1903; MEMBER, FIRST PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY, 1907–1909; RESIDENT COMMISSIONER AT WASHINGTON, D.C., 1909–1916; PRESIDENT, PHILIPPINE SENATE, 1916–1935; PRESIDENT, COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1935–1944. DIED AT SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK, 1 AUGUST 1944.

Lt. Gilmore Rescue Party Site

Location: Baler, Aurora (Region III)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

LT. GILMORE RESCUE PARTY

LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JAMES C. GILMORE, U.S.N., COMMANDING THE U.S.S. GUNBOAT YORKTOWN WAS CAPTURED, TOGETHER WITH ALL HIS COMMAND, SAVE TWO, WHO WERE INSTANTLY KILLED AND TWO MORTALLY WOUNDED, BY INSURGENT FORCES, WHEN HE CAME TO BALER IN APRIL 1899 TO RELIEVE THE HALF-FAMISHED SPANISH GARRISON THAT HAD BEEN BESIEGED IN THE TOWN CHURCH FOR NEARLY A YEAR. LT. GILMORE AND THE SURVIVORS WERE TAKEN TO NUEVA ECIJA, AND THEN TO NORTHERN LUZON. THEY WERE LATER RESCUED BY AMERICAN FORCES AND TAKEN TO MANILA.

Dikaloyungan

NHCP Photo Collection, 2008

NHCP Photo Collection, 2008

Location: Baler, Aurora (Region III)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 2001

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

DIKALOYUNGAN

SA POOK NA ITO NOONG 3 SETYEMBRE 1897 NAGPUNIT NG SEDULA ANG MGA KATIPUNERONG KINABIBILANGAN NINA TEODORICO LUNA NOVICIO, ANTERO AMATORIO, NORBERTO VALENZUELA, ISABELO PALISPIS AT IBA PA AT LUMAGDA SA ISANG MANIPESTONG NAGPAPAHAYAG NG KANILANG PAGSALUNGAT SA KAPANGYARIHAN NG ESPAÑA. SA PANGYAYARING ITO NAGSIMULA ANG HIMAGSIKANG FILIPINO SA DISTRITO NG PRINCIPE (AURORA NGAYON). NAGSILBI RIN ITONG HIMPILAN NG KILUSANG REBOLUSYONARYO SA BALER.1998.

Simbahan ng Baler*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2009

NHCP Photo Collection, 2019

                                                     

NHCP Photo Collection 2019

Location: Baler, Aurora (Region III)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Marker date: 2000

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

SIMBAHAN NG BALER

UNANG IPINATAYO SA NIPA AT KAWAYAN NG MGA PARING PRANSISKANO SA TIBAG (NGAYO’Y SABANG) SA PAGTATANGKILIK NI SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA, 1611. INILIPAT SA PAMAMAHALA NG MGA REKOLETOS, 1658; MULING IBINALIK SA MGA PRANSISKANO, 1703. NAWASAK NG DALUYONG, DISYEMBRE 27, 1735; INILIPAT SA KASALUKUYAG KINATATAYUAN AT ISANG BAGONG SIMBAHANG YARI SA BATO ANG NAITAYO. DITO, SI MANUEL LUIS QUEZON, UNANG PANGULO NG KOMONWELT NG PILIPINAS AY BININYAGAN, 1878. ISANG MAY 54 KATAONG GARISON NG MGA KASTILA ANG KINUBKUB NG MGA PILIPINONG REBOLUSYONARYO, HUNYO 27, 1898 HANGGANG HUNYO 2, 1899. NAPASAILALIM NG PAMAMAHALA NG MGA SEKULAR, 1899; MULING IPINAGAWA NG PANGULO AT GINANG QUEZON, 1939; INILIPAT SA MGA KARMELITAS, 1947 AT MULING IBINALIK SA MGA SEKULAR, 1983.

IPINAHAYAG NA ISANG PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG MAKASAYSAYAN NG PAMBANSANG SURIANG PANGKASAYSAYAN PEBRERO 29, 2000 SA BISA NG KAUTUSAN NG PANGULO BILANG 260, AGOSTO 1, 1973, NA SINUSUGAN NG MGA KAUTUSAN NG PANGULO BILANG 375, ENERO 14, 1974 AT BILANG 1505, HUNYO 11, 1978.