The Philippine National Flag

Location: Hongkong, China

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 28 May 1998

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text: 

THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL FLAG

ON THIS SITE, 535 MORRISON HILL, THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL FLAG WAS SEWN BY MRS. MARCELA MARINO AGONCILLO, WIFE OF THE FIRST FILIPINO DIPLOMAT, FELIPE AGONCILLO, WITH THE HELP OF HER DAUGHTER LORENZA AND MRS. DELFINA HERBOSA NATIVIDAD, NIECE OF DR. JOSE RIZAL. THE FLAG'S DESIGN WAS CONCEIVED BY GEN. EMILIO AGUINALDO, PRESIDENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND WAS MADE WITHIN FIVE DAYS BEFORE HE BOARDED THE AMERICAN DISPATCH BOAT, MCCULLOCH ON MAY 17, 1898 ENROUTE TO THE PHILIPPINES. FIRST HOISTED IN THE BATTLE OF ALAPAN ON MAY 28, 1898 AND UNFURLED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN KAWIT, CAVITE DURING THE PROCLAMATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE ON JUNE 12, 1898.

THIS HISTORICAL MARKER IS INSTALLED BY THE GRATEFUL FILIPINO NATION ON THE OCCASSION OF THE CENTENARIES OF THE SEWING OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG AND THE DECLARATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE ON JUNE 12, 1898.

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.