San Antonio (Pamisaroan)

Location: San Antonio, Zambales

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1950

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text: 

SAN ANTONIO (PAMISAROAN)

EXPLORED AND SETTLED BY ILOCAN PIONEERS FROM PAOAY, ILOCOS NORTE, 1830. NAMED BARRIO PAMISAROAN, 1836. BECAME A MUNICIPALITY, 12 MAY 1849. WITNESSED THE SURRENDER OF THE ZAMBALES SPANISH FORCES TO THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY AT ANNACANAGN MOUNTAIN, JUNE 1898, AND THEIR ROUTE MARCH TO THE PLAZA IN FRONT OF THE FIRST CASA TRIBUNAL LOCATED ON THIS SPOT. OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE, 1942. LIBERATED BY THE XI CORPS OF THE ALLIED ARMED FORCES THAT LANDED AT UA, 29 JANAUARY 1945.

Iba, Zambales

Location: Zambales Provincial Capitol, Iba, Zambales

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1956

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

IBA

ORIGINALLY THE VILLAGE OF PAYNAVEN; FOUNDED 1611 BY THE RECOLLECT MISSIONARIES FR. RODRIGO DE SAN MIGUEL AND FR. ANDRES DEL ESPIRITU SANTO; FORMERLY SITUATED NEAR FORT PLAYA HONDA; TRANSFERRED IN 1680 BY THE DOMINICANS TO THIS SITE AND RENAMED IBA; LATER BECAME CAPITAL OF ZAMBALES. HOMETOWN OF JUAN MANDAY, MEMBER OF MALOLOS CONGRESS; SILVERIO APOSTOL, ACTING SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, 1922; GREGORIO ANONAS, REPRESENTATIVE, 1928–33, MANAGER, METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, 1934–38 AND NDC, 1938–46.

BIRTHPLACE OF RAMON MAGSAYSAY, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1953–·

Provincial Building of Zambales

Location: Zambales Provincial Capitol, Iba, Zambales

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

PROVINCIAL BUILDING OF ZAMBALES

THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE SPANISH CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE YEARS 1875–1878. THE MOLAVE AND YACAL POSTS WERE CUT IN THE FOREST NEAR DIRITA. USED AS A PROVINCIAL PRISON DURING THE SPANISH REGIME, IT BECAME THE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBALES IN 1899. A PORTION OF THE BUILDING HAS, EVER SINCE, BEEN UTILIZED AS THE SEAT OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. THE FRONT PART WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 1939.

Teodoro R. Yangco (1861–1939)

Location: San Antonio Municipal Hall, T.R. Yangco Street, San Antonio, Zambales

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 2005

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

TEODORO R. YANGCO 

(1861–1939)

PILANTROPO AT MANGANGALAKAL. ISINILANG SA SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES, 9 NOBYEMBRE 1861. NAGTAPOS SA ATENEO NG RACHILLER EN ARTES AT ABOGASYA SA UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTO TOMAS. NAGTAPOS NG KOMERSYO SA EALING COLLEGE, LONDON, 1886. NAGTATAG NG SARILING KUMPANYA AT PAGAWAAN NG MGA BARKONG PAMPASAHERO. MAY-ARI NG BAZAAR SIGLO XX NA BUMIBILI AT NAGTITINDA NG PANGKALAHATANG KALAKAL. NANUNGKULAN BILANG FILIPINO RESIDENT COMMISSIONER SA WASHINGTON, D.C. 1917–1920, KUNG SAAN NAKATULONG SIYA SA PAGPASA NG BATAS SA TARIPANG KATIG SA MGA PRODUKTONG GALING SA PILIPINAS. AKTIBO SA PAGSULONG SA MGA PROYEKTONG PANGKAWANG GAWA. PRESIDENTE NG ILANG INSTITUSYONG PANGSIBIKO TULAD NG YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, KAPISANANG LABAN SA TUBERKOLOSIS, AT GOTA DE LECHE. TINAGURIANG AMA NG Y.M.C.A. NAMATAY, 20 ABRIL 1939.

Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (1820)

Location: Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, Brgy. Natividad, San Narciso, Zambales

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1974

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

PHILIPPINE MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY (1820)

PINASINAYAAN BILANG ESCUELA NAUTICA DE MANILA NOONG ABRIL 5, 1820. NAGING NAUTICAL SCHOOL NOONG PANAHON NG AMERIKANO. IPININID NANG ILANG TAON, MULING BINUKSAN NOONG 1913 AT ISINAMA SA PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES SA DAANG ARROCEROS. INIHIWALAY DITO AT GINAWANG PHILIPPINE NAUTICAL SCHOOL SA DAANG ROBERTS, PASAY. GINAWANG PHILIPPINE MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY NOONG 1963. INILIPAT SA FORT BONIFACIO NOONG ENERO, 1969.

San Antonio (Pamisaraoan)

Location: San Antonio Central School, National Highway, San Antonio, Zambales

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1950

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

SAN ANTONIO (PAMISARAOAN)

EXPLORED AND SETTLED BY ILOCANO PIONEERS FROM PAOAY, ILOCOS NORTE, 1830. NAMED BARRIO PAMISARAOAN, 1836. BECAME A MUNICIPALITY, 12 MAY 1849. WITNESSED THE SURRENDER OF THE ZAMBALES SPANISH FORCES TO THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY AT ANNAOANGEN MOUNTAIN, JUNE, 1898, AND THEIR ROUT MARCH TO THE PLAZA IN FRONT OF THE FIRST CASA TRIBUNAL LOCATED ON THIS SPOT. OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE, 1942. LIBERATED BY THE XI CORPS OF THE ALLIED ARMED FORCES THAT LANDED AT UA, 29 JANUARY 1945.

Castillejos

Location: Castillejos Municipal Hall, Olongapo–Bugallon Road, Castillejos, Zambales

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1955

Marker text:

CASTILLEJOS

ORIGINALLY THE PUEBLO DE UGUIC CREATED IN 1743. PRESENT NAME ADOPTED IN 1863 IN HONOR OF THE MARQUÉS DE CASTILLEJOS WHO DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF IN THE BATTLE OF THE VALLEY OF CASTILLEJOS IN SPANISH MOROCCO, AFRICA. A CONTINGENT OF CASTILLEJOS RESIDENTS JOINED THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES IN CAPTURING THE SPANISH TROOPS IN ZAMBALES IN 1896. THE GUERRILLAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF RAMON MAGSAYSAY DISLODGED THE JAPANESE SOLDIERS GARRISONED AT THE CASTILLEJOS AIRSTRIP ON 26 JANUARY 1945, IN PREPARATION FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE TOWN FOUR DAYS LATER.

Ramon Magsaysay (1907-1957)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2011

Location: Magsaysay Avenue, Iba, Zambales

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1989

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

RAMON MAGSAYSAY

(1907–1957)

‘IDOLO NG MASA.’ KILALA SA TAWAG NA ‘THE GUY.’ ISINILANG NOONG AGOSTO 31, 1907 SA IBA, ZAMBALES. NAGKAMIT NG BSC, JOSE RIZAL COLLEGE, MANDALUYONG, RIZAL. PANGKALAHATANG PUNO, ZAMBALES MILITARY DISTRICT, 1942; PANGHUKBONG PUNONG-LALAWIGAN NG ZAMBALES AT ITINAAS SA PAGKA-MEDYOR NI HENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, 1945; KINATAWAN, 1946–1950; PANGULO NG PILIPINAS, 1953–1957, ISA SA MGA NAGSIKAP UPANG MAPAGTIBAY ANG ROGERS BILL PARA SA MGA BETERANONG FILIPINO AT NAGDALA NITO SA PILIPINAS MULA SA E.U. SUMUPIL NG MGA HUKBALAHAP. NAGTATAG NG PRESIDENT’S ACTION COMMITTEE (PCAC), NATIONAL REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION (NARRA), NATIONAL MARKETING CORPORATION (NAMARCO), AT LAND TENURE ADMINISTRATION (LTA). NAMATAY NOONG MARSO 17, 1957.

Himpilang Pandagat ng Look ng Subic

Location: Subic, Zambales (Region III)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Military structure
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker Date: 26 November 2013

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

HIMPILANG PANDAGAT NG LOOK NG SUBIC

ISANG SENTRO NG KALAKALAN BAGO DUMATING ANG MGA ESPANYOL. IDINEKLARANG DAUNGANG PANDAGAT NG HARI NG ESPANYA, 1884. SINIMULAN ANG PAGPAPATAYO NG ARSENAL AT ISTASYONG PANDAGAT, 1885. PANSAMANTALANG NAKUHA NG PUWERSANG PILIPINO, 1898. NGUNIT NAPASAILALIM SA MGA AMERIKANO, 1899. NASAKOP NG MGA HAPON, 1941 AT NABAWI NG AMERIKANO, 1945. MULING PINAMAHALAAN NG MGA AMERIKANO ALINSUNOD SA MILITARY BASES AGREEMENT NG PILIPINAS AT ESTADOS UNIDOS, 1947–1991. NASALANTA SA PAGPUTOK NG BULKANG PINATUBO, 1991. TULUYANG NILISAN NG MGA AMERIKANO NANG HINDI PINAGTIBAY NG SENADO ANG BAGONG MILITARY BASES AGREEMENT, 1992. NAGING SPECIAL ECONOMIC AND FREEPORT ZONE SA PAMAMAHALA NG SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY, 13 MARSO 1992.

Death Site Of Roxas

Location: Clark Field, Angeles City, Zambales (Region III) 

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date:1955

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

DEATH PLACE OF ROXAS

ON THIS BASE, AT THEN OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 13TH AIR FORCE, MANUEL ROXAS, FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, SOLDIER, STATESMAN AND EXPONENT OF PHILIPPINE–AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP, DIED ON 15 APRIL 1948.

Ramon Magsaysay Historical Landmark*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2007

NHCP Photo Collection, 2007

NHCP Photo Collection, 2007

NHCP Photo Collection, 2007

Location: Castillejos, Zambales (Region III)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House, NHCP Museum

Link to the museum: Museo ni Ramon Magsaysay

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 1, s. 1995

Marker date: 2002

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

TAHANAN NG MGA MAGSAYSAY

SA BAHAY NA ITO GINUGOL NI RAMON MAGSAYSAY, IKAPITONG PANGULO NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS AT KILALA SA TAGURING “THE GUY,” ANG MABUNGANG TAON NG KANYANG BUHAY. IPINAMANA NIYA ANG MGA KATANGIAN NG MASIKAP NA PAGGAWA, PANANAGUTANG SIBIKO PARA SA PANGKARANIWANG TAO AT MAKABAYANG GAWAIN PARA SA BAYAN AT MGA MAMAMAYAN.

MULING IPINAGAWA NG MGA INAPO NG PANGULONG MAGSAYSAY, 1990. NAPINSALA NANG MALAKI NANG PUMUTOK ANG BUNDOK PINATUBO, HUNYO 1991, MULING ISINAAYOS NG PAMBANSANG SURIANG PANGKASAYSAYAN, 1999.