Santa Lucia - Landas Ng Pagkabansang Pilipino, 1899

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

Location: Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 9 December 2025

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

Marker text:

SANTA LUCIA

LANDAS NG PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 1899

SA BAYANG ITO NG SANTA LUCIA, ILOCOS SUR DUMAAN SI EMILIO AGUINALDO, PANGULO NG UNANG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS, AT ANG KANIYANG HUKBO HABANG IPINAGTATANGGOL ANG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSA NG MGA PILIPINO, 21 NOBYEMBRE 1899.

ANG PANANDANG PANGKASAYSAYANG ITO AY PINASINAYAAN BILANG AMBAG SA PAGGUNITA SA IKA-125 ANIBERSARYO NG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 12 HUNYO 2023 – 23 MARSO 2026.

Salcedo - Landas ng Pagkabansang Pilipino, 1899

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

Location: Salcedo, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 17 March 2025

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

Marker text:

SALCEDO

LANDAS NG PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 1899

SA BAYANG ITO NG SALCEDO, ILOCOS SUR, DUMAAN SI EMILIO AGUINALDO, PANGULO NG UNANG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS, AT ANG KANIYANG HUKBO HABANG IPINAGTATANGGOL ANG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSA NG MGA PILIPINO, 22 NOBYEMBRE 1899.

ANG PANANDANG PANGKASAYSAYANG ITO AY PINASINAYAAN BILANG AMBAG SA PAGGUNITA SA IKA-125 ANIBERSARYO NG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 12 HUNYO 2023 – 23 MARSO 2026. 

Santa Cruz - Landas ng Pagkabansang Pilipino, 1899

NHCP Photo Collectiom, 2024

NHCP Photo Collectiom, 2024

NHCP Photo Collectiom, 2024

Location: Sta. Cruz Town Plaza, Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 26 November 2024

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

Marker text:

SANTA CRUZ 

LANDAS NG PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 1899

SA BAYANG ITO NG SANTA CRUZ, ILOCOS SUR, DUMAAN SI EMILIO AGUINALDO, PANGULO NG UNANG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS, AT ANG KANYANG HUKBO HABANG IPINAGTATANGGOL ANG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSA NG MGA PILIPINO, 17 NOBYEMBRE 1899.

ANG PANANDANG PANGKASAYSAYANG ITO AY PINASINAYAAN BILANG AMBAG SA PAGGUNITA SA IKA-125 ANIBERSARYO NG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 12 HUNYO 2023 - 23 MARSO 2026.

Sevilla - Landas ng Pagkabansang Pilipino, 1899

NHCP Photo Collectiom, 2024

NHCP Photo Collectiom, 2024

NHCP Photo Collectiom, 2024

Location: Brgy. Sevilla, Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 26 November 2024

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

Marker text:

SEVILLA 

LANDAS NG PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 1899

SA NAYONG ITO NGAYO'Y BAHAGI NG STA CRUZ, ILOCOS SUR, DUMAAN SI EMILIO AGUINALDO, PANGULO NG UNANG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS, AT ANG KANYANG HUKBO HABANG IPINAGTATANGGOL ANG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSA NG MGA PILIPINO, 17 NOBYEMBRE 1899.

ANG PANANDANG PANGKASAYSAYANG ITO AY PINASINAYAAN BILANG AMBAG SA PAGGUNITA SA IKA-125 ANIBERSARYO NG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 12 HUNYO 2023 - 23 MARSO 2026.

Candon - Landas ng Pagkabansang Pilipino, 1899

NHCP Photo Collection, 2024

NHCP Photo Collection, 2024

Location: Candon Town Plaza, Candon, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 22 November 2024

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

Marker text:

CANDON

LANDAS NG PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 1899

SA LUNGSOD NA ITO NG CANDON, ILOCOS SUR, LUMAGI SI EMILIO AGUINALDO, PANGULO NG UNANG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS, AT ANG KANIYANG HUKBO HABANG IPINAGTATANGGOL ANG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSA NG MGA PILIPINO, 21-22 NOBYEMBRE 1899.

ANG PANANDANG PANGKASAYSAYANG ITO AY PINASINAYAAN BILANG AMBAG SA PAGGUNIT SA IKA-125 ANIBERSARYO NG KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO, 12 HUNYO 2023-13 MARSO 2026.

Heneral Fidel V. Segundo

Location: Laoag City, Ilocos Norte

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 30 May 1970

Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)

Marker text:

HENERAL FIDEL V. SEGUNDO

IPINANGANAK SA LAOAG, ILOCOS, NORTE, NOONG ABRIL 24, 1894. NAGTAPOS SA UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY SA WEST POINT, ESTADOS UNIDOS, NOONG 1917. PUNO SA UNANG DIBISYONG REGULAR NG USAFFEE NA NAKITALAD SA BATAAN NOONG 1942. NABILANGGO SA KAPAS, TARLAC, NGUNIT PINALAYA PAGKATAPOS; DINAKIP NOONG DISYEMBRE 19, 1944; KASAMA ANG KANYANG ANAK NA SI FIDEL, PINAHIRAPAN AT PINATAY NG MGA HAPON.

Gregoria M. Rivera De Quirino Memorial Hospital

Location: Vigan, Ilocos Sur

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1949

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

GREGORIA M. RIVERA DE QUIRINO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

ESTABLISHED, 1950-51, IN HONOR OF MRS. GREGORIA RIVERA DE QUIRINO DAUGHTER OF DOMINGO RIVERA AND MARIA MENDOZA, BOTH OF THE TOWN OF AGOO. BORN, SEPTEMBER 7, 1868, DIED JUNE 16, 1908. SPOUSE OF MARIANO QUIRINO Y QUEBRAL FROM CAOAYAN, ILOCOS SUR. MOTHER OF EIGHT CHILDREN ONE OF WHOM, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, BECAME THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.

The Battle and Liberation of Suyo

Location: Suyo, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1959

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE BATTLE AND LIBERATION OF SUYO 

THE BATTLE BEGAN ON THE MORNING OF 1 FEBRUARY 1945 WHEN SUYO, ILOCOS SUR, WAS SUBJECTED TO MORTAR BOMBARDMENT FOLLOWED BY CONCERTED ASSAULTS BY THE 3RD BATTALION, 121ST INFANTRY, USAFIP, NL, ON ENEMY STRONGPOINTS GUARDING THE APPROACHES TO THE TOWN; MT. TAPAO IN THE NORTHWEST, KIMPOSA ALONG HIGHWAY 4 IN THE WEST, AND OSO AND URZADAN IN THE EAST. SUYO, THEN VITAL TO THE JAPANESE WAR ECONOMY BEING THE DEPOSITORY OF COPPER CONCENTRATES MINED IN LEPANTO, MT. PROVINCE, WAS FINALLY LIBERATED ON 5 FEBRUARY AND BECAME THE SITE OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE 121ST INFANTRY FROM LATE MARCH TO 14 JUNE DURING THE BATTLE OF BESANG PASS. 

Syquia Mansion

NHCP Photo Collection, 2002

NHCP Photo Collection, 2002

Location: Quirino Boulevard cor. Salcedo Street, Vigan, Ilocos Sur

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House

Status: Heritage House

Marker date: February 2, 2002

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

SYQUIA MANSION

THIS IS A HERITAGE HOUSE PURSUANT TO BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 1 DATED JANUARY 18, 2002 OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSITUTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.

The Battle and Liberation of Cervantes

Location: Del Pilar, Ilocos Sur 
Category:  Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker Date: 1959

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:

                                          THE BATTLE AND LIBERATION OF CERVANTES

THE MOUNTAIN RANGES SURROUNDING CERVANTES, ILOCOS SUR WERE HIDEOUTS OF THE EARLY GUERRILLA LEADERS OF NORTH LUZON UNDER ENEMY CONTROL THIS TOWN BECAME IMPORTANT TO THE JAPANESE ROUTES OF COMMUNICATION IN NORTH LUZON. IN LATE FEBRUARY AND IN MARCH 1945, CONTROL OF CERVANTES CHANGED HANDS THREE TIMES BETWEEN THE ASSAULTING ELEMENTS OF THE 121ST BATTLE INFANTRY AND THE PROVISIONAL BATTALION, USAPIF,NL, AND THE JAPANESE FORCES WHEN FINALLY LIBERATED 15 JUNE 1945 FOLLOWING THE CAPTURE OF BESANG PASS, CERVANTES WAS CONVERTED INTO AN ARMY SUPPLY POINT AND PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE FINAL CAMPAIGN OF THE SAFIP,NL, TO DESTROY THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL FORCES IN THE NORTH BENGUET- IFUGAO

Maria Josefa Gabriela Silang 1723–1763

Location: Imelda Garden and Park, Santa, Ilocos Sur

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1963

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

MARIA JOSEFA GABRIELA SILANG

1723–1763

IN THIS MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA, BARRIO CANNIOGAN, ILOCOS SUR, WAS BORN MARIA JOSEFA GABRIELA SILANG CA. 1723. WIFE OF DIEGO SILANG, LEADER OF THE ILOCOS REVOLT, SHE CONTINUED WITH THE UPRISING AFTER HIS ASSASSINATION. SHE WAS LATER CAPTURED BY THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES AND EXECUTED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1763. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD A REVOLT IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Maria Josefa Gabriela Silang 1723–1763

Location: Ilocos Sur Capitol, Quezon Avenue cor. Burgos Street, Vigan, Ilocos Sur

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1963

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

MARIA JOSEFA GABRIELA SILANG 

1723–1763

BORN IN BARRIO CANNIOGAN, SANTA, ILOCOS SUR CA. 1723. ADOPTED BY FR. TOMAS MILLAN, SHE GREW UP IN VIGAN. IN 1757, SHE MARRIED DIEGO SILANG, A WIDOWER, AND ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE ILOCOS REVOLT AFTER HIS ASSASSINATION. SHE WAS CAPTURED LATER BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES AND EXECUTED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1763. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD A REVOLT IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Gregoria M. Rivera Memorial Library

Location: Calle Burgos, Vigan, Ilocos Sur

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1949

Installed by: Philippine Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

GREGORIA M. RIVERA MEMORIAL LIBRARY

THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED TO HOUSE THE MUNICIPAL JAIL, 1657; MADE PROVINCIAL JAIL WHEN ILOCOS SUR BECAME A PROVINCE, 1818; REPAIRED, 1855; SEIZED BY THE REVOLUTIONISTS UNDER COL. JUAN VILLAMOR, 1898; TAKEN OVER BY THE AMERICAN FORCES WHO DETAINED IN IT THE POLITICAL LEADERS, MENA CRISOLOGO, ESTANISLAO REYES AND ENRIQUE QUEMA, 1899. PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO WAS BORN IN THIS BUILDING 16 NOVEMBER 1890, WHEN HIS FATHER WAS THE WARDEN. CONVERTED INTO A LIBRARY, 27 OCTOBER 1948, IN HONOR OF PRESIDENT QUIRINO’S MOTHER, GREGORIA RIVERA MENDOZA DE QUIRINO.

Pasong Diego–Gabriela Silang

Location: Km. 383 Manila North Road, Brgy. Quezon District, Santa, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: September 20, 1976

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

PASONG DIEGO–GABRIELA SILANG

DATING PIDEG AT GINAWANG DIEGO–GABRIELA SILANG NOONG 1976. IPINAGAWA NG MGA PRANSISKANO NOONG 1600. GINAMIT NOONG 1660 SA PAG-AALSA NINA ANDRES MALONG AT NINA DIEGO AT GABRIELA, NOONG 1762. PAGKAMATAY NI DIEGO NOONG MAYO 28, 1763, ANG PAG-AALSA AY PINAMUNUAN NI GABRIELA, PAGKARAAN NG ILANG SAGUPAAN AY SINALAKAY NG MGA KASTILA ANG PASONG ITO. NADAKIP SI GABRIELA AT IPINABITAY NOONG SEYTEMBRE 20, 1763.

Battle of Tirad Pass

Location: Tirad Pass National Park, Gregorio del Pilar, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1952

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text (Filipino):

ANG LABANAN SA PASONG TIRAD

SA LIKOD NG MGA BATONG INIHALANG SA MAPANGLAW NA LANDAS NA ITO, SI HENERAL GREGORIO DEL PILAR, MAY 22 TAONG GULANG, AT MGA ANIMNAPUNG TAGAPAGTANGGOL AT MATATAG NA NAKIPAGLABAN UPANG PANGLAGAAN ANG PAG-URONG NG PANGULONG EMILIO AGUINALDO SA KAGUBATAN NG LEPANTO. MAHIGIT SA 300 KAWAL NA AMERIKANO ANG SUMAGUPA SA KANILA NOONG DISYEMBRE 2, 1899. AT NAPATAY ANG PINAKABATANG HENERAL NA PILIPINO AT ANG MAHIGIT NA LIMAMPUNG TAGAPAGTANGGOL.

Marker text (English):

BATTLE OF TIRAD PASS

ON A ROCKY BARRICADE THROWN ACROSS THIS LONELY TRAIL, 22-YEAR OLD GENERAL GREGORIO H. DEL PILAR AND ABOUT SIXTY OTHER DEFENDERS STOOD FAST COVERING THE RETREAT OF PRESIDENT EMILIO AGUINALDO TO THE WILDS OF LEPANTO. OVER 300 PURSUING AMERICAN TROOPS CAME UPON THEM, 2 DECEMBER 1899, KILLING THE YOUNGEST FILIPINO GENERAL AND MORE THAN FIFTY OTHER GUARDS. ON HIS GRAVE HERE WHERE HE FELL, THIS INSCRIPTION READS: “GENERAL GREGORIO PILAR, KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF TILA PASS, DECEMBER 2ND, 1899…. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN.”

 

The Bitalag Road Junction

Location: Bitalag Park, Km. 320 Manila North Road cor. Tagudin–Cervantes–Sabangan Road, Brgy. Bitalag, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE BITALAG ROAD JUNCTION

THIS ROAD JUNCTION WHICH SERVED AS VITAL JAPANESE OUTPOST, WAS ASSAULTED BY ELEMENTS OF THE 121ST INFANTRY, USAFIP NL, ON 8 JANUARY 1945 AND WAS CAPTURED FOUR DAYS LATER. THE SIEGE OF BITALAG WAS THE INITIAL ACTION IN THE GREAT BATTLE FOR BESSANG PASS, FARTHER TO THE EAST, WHOSE CAPTURE ON 14 JUNE 1945 HASTENED THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

 

The Base Hospital USAFIP, NL

© Judgefloro/Wikimedia Commons

© Judgefloro/Wikimedia Commons

© Eugene Alvin Villar/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 1.0

Location: Tagudin Town Plaza, San Antolin Street, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE BASE HOSPITAL USAFIP, NL

THE BASE HOSPITAL WAS TRANSFERRED TO THIS TOWN ON 27 MAY 1945, BRINGING IT CLOSER TO THE FRONTLINE WHERE THE BATTLE CASUALTIES AND MEDICAL CASES WERE TREMENDOUSLY HEAVY. HEADQUARTERS WAS INSTALLED AT THE MUNICIPAL HALL, WHILE BIG TENTS SET UP ON THE TOWN PLAZA, AND ON THE MARKET SITE AS WELL AS THE BIG RESIDENTIAL HOUSES BORDERING THE TOWN PLAZA, WERE UTILIZED AS HOSPITAL WARDS. MANNED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CAMPAIGN BY 881 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL, THIS HOSPITAL WAS BIGGEST INSTALLATION OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY DURING THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION CAMPAIGN.

Clemente Udarbe y Ulibas

Location: Magsingal South Central School, Manila North Road, Magsingal, Ilocos Sur

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: December 10, 2004

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Mena Crisologo (1844–1927)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2020

NHCP Photo Collection, 2020

Location: Burgos Street, Vigan, Ilocos Sur

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 5 July 1983

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

MENA CRISOLOGO 

(1844–1927)

IPINANGANAK SA VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR, NOONG NOBYEMBRE 11, 1844. NOTARIO ECLESIASTICO, DIYOSESIS NG NUEVA SEGOVIA. ISA SA MGA LUMAGDA SA KONSTITUSYON NG MALOLOS, 1899. UNANG GOBERNADOR NG ILOCOS SUR, 1901. KAGAWAD, LUPON NG MGA GOBERNADOR NA IPINADALA SA PANDAIGDIG NA EKSPOSISYON, ST. LOUIS, E.U., 1904. PAGKATAPOS NG KANYANG PANUNUNGKULAN BILANG GOBERNADOR, INILAAN NIYA ANG KANYANG PANAHON SA PAGPAPALAGANAP NG MGA SINING AT PANITIKANG ILOKO AT PAGBUO NG MGA ORKESTRA AT BANDA. ANG KANYANG MGA KOMEDYA AT SARSUELA AY PATULOY NA ITINATANGHAL TUWING PISTA SA ILOCOS. NAMATAY NOONG HULYO 5, 1927.

Leon C. Pichay (1902–1970)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2020

NHCP Photo Collection, 2020

Location: Burgos Street, Vigan, Ilocos Sur

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 5 July 1983

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

LEON C. PICHAY 

(1902–1970)

MANUNULAT, MAKATA. ISINILANG NOONG HUNYO 27, 1902 SA VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR. NAG-ARAL SA SEMINARIO DE VIGAN, MATAAS NA PAARALAN NG LA UNION AT UNIVERSITY OF MANILA. SUMULAT NG ILANG MAIKLING KUWENTO, TULA AT NOBELA SA WIKANG ILOKO, KASAPING MANUNULAT NG THE ILOCANO TIMES; KALIHIM-PANGKALAHATAN NG ROMANCEROS NACIONALES; KAGAWAD, UNYON NG MGA PATNUGOT AT TAGAPAGLATHALA AT ACADEMIA ILOCANA. MAHAHALAGANG ISINULAT; PUSO TI INA, PANANAKADINGPEL NI DR. JOSE A. BURGOS, DAELANG TI AMIANAN, SARMING TI BIAG AT LADINGIT. NAMATAY NOONG AGOSTO 11, 1970.