General Artemio Ricarte (Vibora) 20 October 1866 - 31 July 1945

NHCP Photo Collection, 2008

NHCP Photo Collection, 2008

Location: Washington Street cor. Dewey Street, Batac, Ilocos Norte

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1966

Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)

Marker text:

GENERAL ARTEMIO RICARTE (VIBORA) 

20 OCTOBER 1866 – 31 JULY 1945

TEACHER, SOLDIER, AND PATRIOT. BORN HERE IN BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE, TO ESTEBAN RICARTE Y FAUSTINO AND BONIFACIA GARCIA Y RIGONAN. HOLDER OF THE BACHELOR OF ARTS, SAN JUAN DE LETRAN, AND TEACHER’S CERTIFICATE FOR PRIMARY INSTRUCTION. PRINCIPAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO DE MALABON PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CAVITE; BRIGADIER-GENERAL, MAGDIWANG FACTION; CHOSEN CAPTAIN-GENERAL BY THE TEJEROS CONVENTION.

CAPTURED BY THE AMERICANS IN 1900. IMPRISONED AND BANISHED TO GUAM IN 1901. REFUSING TO TAKE THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, HE LIVED ABROAD. RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINES FROM JAPAN DURING WORLD WAR II. DIED IN BARRIO NAGPARAON, KALINGA, MT. PROVINCE.