Location: Governor Roque B. Ablan, Sr. Shrine, A. Bonifacio Street, Laoag, Ilocos Norte
Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: August 9, 2006
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:
ROQUE B. ABLAN
BAYANI NG IKALAWANG DIGMAANG PANDAIGDIG. ISINILANG SA LAOAG, ILOCOS NORTE, 9 AGOSTO 1906. NAGTAPOS SA UNIBERSIDAD NG PILIPINAS NG PILOSOPIYA, 1929, AT NG ABOGASYA, 1930; PUMASA SA PAGSUSULIT SA BAR NG TAON DING IYON. INIHALAL NA GOBERNADOR NG ILOCOS NORTE, 1937 AT 1941. KASAMA SI TENYENTE FELICIANO MADAMBA, BINUO ANG ABLAN-MADAMBA GUERILLA GROUP OF NORTHERN LUZON, ENERO 1942. NANGUNA SA MGA LABANAN KABILANG ANG MATAGUMPAY NA LABANAN SA PAMPANNIKI, SOLSONA, ILOCOS NORTE, 8 NOBYEMBRE 1941. HULING NAKITA SA LABANAN SA BUMITALAG, PIDDIG, 5 PEBRERO 1943.
Outstanding public servant and World War II hero, dedicated himself to helping the poor,is heroic deeds have earned for him an honored place in the country's history. Some heroes didn't recognize their heroic act, seeing this picture made me do a research.
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