Birthplace of Marcelo H. Del Pilar*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2014

NHCP Photo Collection, 2013

Location: Marcelo H. del Pilar Shrine, Barangay San Nicolas Street, Bulakan, Bulacan

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site, NHCP museum

Link to the museum: Museo ni Marcelo H. Del Pilar

Status: Level I - National Shrine

Legal Basis: Resolution No. 1, S. 2006

Marker date: January 17, 2012

Marker text:

BIRTHPLACE OF MARCELO H. DEL PILAR

BORN IN BARRIO SAN NICOLAS, TOWN OF BULACAN ON AUGUST 30, 1850 TO JULIAN H. DEL PILAR AND BLASA GATMAYTAN. MARCELO H. DEL PILAR, PATRIOT, WRITER AND EDITOR OF LA SOLIDARIDAD, A NEWSPAPER OF THE PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT PUBLISHED IN SPAIN. DIED IN BARCELONA, JULY 4, 1896.

Labanan sa Zapote*

Location: Zapote Bridge, Aguinaldo Highway, Bacoor, Cavite

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I-National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No.11, s 2013

Marker date: March 10, 2015

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

Marker text:

LABANAN SA ZAPOTE

SA LUGAR NA ITO LUMABAN ANG MGA REBOLUSYONARYONG PILIPINO SA DALAWANG LABANAN UPANG MABAWI ANG CAVITE SA MGA ESPANYOL AT PIGILAN ANG TULUYANG PAGSAKOP NG MGA AMERIKANO: UNA, SA PANGUNGUNA NI HEN. EMILIO AGUINALDO LABAN SA MGA ESPANYOL, 17 PEBRERO 1897, NA PINAGWAGIAN NG MGA PILIPINO NGUNIT IKINASAWI NI HEN. EDILBERTO EVANGELISTA; AT ANG HULI, SA PANGUNGUNA NINA HEN. ARTEMIO RICARTE AT MARIANO NORIEL LABAN SA MGA AMERIKANO, 13 HUNYO 1899.

IPINAHAYAG BILANG PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG PANGKASAYSAYAN SA BISA NG RESOLUSYON BLG. 11 NG PAMBANSANG KOMISYONG PANGKASAYSAYAN NG PILIPINAS, 9 SETYEMBRE 2013.

Ang Lumang Bayan ng Dapitan*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2016

NHCP Photo Collection, 2016

NHCP Photo Collection, 2016

NHCP Photo Collection, 2016

Location: Lawaan Rotonda, Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site, City/Town

Status: Heritage Zone/Historic Center

Legal basis: Resolution No. 3, s. 2011

Marker date: 2011

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ANG LUMANG BAYAN NG DAPITAN

IPINAHAYAG NA HERITAGE ZONE / HISTORIC CENTER NG PAMBANSANG KOMISYONG PANGKASAYSAYAN NG PILIPINAS, 24 MAYO 2011 SA BISA NG NHCP BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 3 S. 2011.

First Mass in the Philippines*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

Location: Limasawa Shrine, Southern Leyte (Region VIII)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Marker date: 1950

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

FIRST MASS IN THE PHILIPPINES

CELEBRATED HERE ON EASTER SUNDAY, 31 MARCH 1521, WHEN MAGELLAN LANDED ON THIS ISLAND OF LIMASAWA ON HIS VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. EARLY IN THE MORNING MAGELLAN SENT ASHORE PRIEST PEDRO DE VALDERAMA WITH MEN TO PREPARE A MASS AND TO INFORM RAJAH KOLAMBU, THROUGH AN INTERPRETER THAT HE AND HIS MEN WOULD LAND TO ATTEND. THE RAJAH SHOWED CONSENT BY SENDING GIFTS. AS MAGELLAN AND HIS MEN APPROACHED THE SHORE A SALVO OF SIX GUNS WAS FIRED AS A SIGN OF PEACE. RAJAHS KOLAMBU AND SI-AGU EACH EMBRACED MAGELLAN FLANKED HIM AND TOGETHER WITH THE SAILORS, THEY MARCHED TO THE PLACE OF WORSHIP. DURING THE MASS THE RAJAHS REMAINED ON THEIR KNEES WITH CLASPED HANDS; AT THE ELEVATION THE SHIPS FIRED ALL THEIR ARTILLERY IN RESPONSE TO MUSKET SIGNAL FROM THE SHORE.

Corregidor*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2008

NHCP Photo Collection, 2008

NHCP Photo Collection, 2008

Location: Corregidor Islands, Cavite (Region IV-A)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Marker date: 1949

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CORREGIDOR

DERIVED ITS NAME FROM CORREGIMIENTO OR MUNICIPAL DISTRICT. ABOUT 1225 THE ISLAND BECAME A STRONGHOLD FOR CHINESE PIRATES UNTIL THE LATTER WERE DRIVEN BY THE MOROS. BECAME SPANISH POSSESSION, 1570, WHEN SPANIARDS ARRIVED IN MANILA FROM PANAY. OCCUPIED BY THE DUTCH, 1600. RECAPTURED BY THE SPANIARDS AS A FORTIFICATION BESIDES BEING USED AS LIGHTHOUSE, DOCKYARD, NAVAL CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, PENAL COLONY, AND CHECKING POINT FOR SHIPS TO HAVE THEIR PAPERS CORRECTED. SURRENDERED WITHOUT RESISTANCE TO ADMIRAL DEWEY, MAY 6, 1898. FIRST OCCUPIED BY THE AMERICANS AS A CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1904, AND FIRST GARRISON, THE 35TH COMPANY, C.A.C., COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN C.E. KILBOURNE, ARRIVED, MAY 8, 1908. BECAME THE SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING WORLD WAR II AND THE SCENE OF PRESIDENT QUEZON’S TAKING OATH OF OFFICE ON HIS SECOND TERM. PRESIDENT QUEZON AND HIS FAMILY SOUGHT SHELTER AT MALINTA TUNNEL, DECEMBER 24, 1941. OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE, MAY 6, 1942; RETAKEN BY THE AMERICANS, MARCH 2, 1945. TURNED OVER TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OCTOBER 12, 1947.

Birthplace of General Gregorio del Pilar*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

Location: Cupang, Bulakan, Bulacan (Region III)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 2, S. 2009
Marker date: 1948 

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee

Marker text:

BIRTHPLACE OF GEN. GREGORIO DEL PILAR

SITE IN THE TOWN OF BULACAN WHERE GENERAL GREGORIO H. DEL PILAR WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 1875. FIFTH CHILD OF FERDINAND H. DEL PILAR AND FELIPA SEMPIO. INTREPID, VALIANT AND YOUNGEST FILIPINO GENERAL. FIGURED MOST PROMINENTLY IN THE DEFENSE OF KAKARON, ATTACK OF PAOMBONG, LIBERATION OF BULACAN, AND IN THE BATTLE OF TIRAD PASS WHERE HE DIED "A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN," 2 DECEMBER 1899.

Ang Sigaw ng Pugadlawin (1896)*

Location: Bahay Toro, Quezon City (NCR)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 2, s. 1986

Marker date: 1984

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ANG SIGAW NG PUGAD LAWIN (1896)

SA PALIGID NG POOK NA ITO, SI ANDRES BONIFACIO AT MGA ISANG LIBONG KATIPUNERO AY NAGPULONG NOONG UMAGA NG IKA-23 AGOSTO 1896, AT IPINASYANG MAGHIMAGSIK LABAN SA PAMAHALAANG KASTILA SA PILIPINAS. BILANG PATUNAY AY PINAGPUNIT-PUNIT ANG KANILANG MGA SEDULA NA NAGING TANDA NG PAGKAALIPIN NG MGA PILIPINO. ITO ANG KAUNA-UNAHANG SIGAW NG BAYANG API LABAN SA BANSANG ESPANYA NA PINATIBAYAN SA PAMAMAGITAN NG PAGGAMIT NG SANDATA.

Balantang Memorial Cemetery National Shrine*

NHCP Photo Collection

NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Jaro, Iloilo (Region VI)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Memorial

Status: Level I- National Shrine

Legal basis: Resolution No. 7, s. 1991

Marker date: March 18, 1997

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

BATTLE OF BALANTANG

THE BLOODIEST BATTLE FOUGHT BY THE PANAY GUERILLA FORCES LED BY COLONEL MACARIO PERALTA, JR., OCCURED IN THESE HOLLOWED GROUNDS OF BALANTANG AND ITS VICINITY FROM FEBRUARY 6 UP TO THE LIBERATION OF ILOILO CITY ON MARCH 20, 1945. THOUGH OUTNUMBERED, THE FILIPINO FORCES STOOD STILL IN THEIR POST, REPULSING THE SEVEN SUICIDAL ATTACKS OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL FORCES, THUS ENABLING THE ALLIED 40TH INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY UNDER MAJOR GENERAL RAPP BRUSH TO LAND PEACEFULLY AT TIGBAUAN, PARARA BEACH, ILOILO ON MARCH 18, 1945 AND JOIN THE GUERILLA FORCES OF COL. PERALTA IN THEIR MOPPING-UP OPERATION TO LIBERATE PANAY ISLANDS FROM THE JAPANESE.

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF PANAY AND ROMBLON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.

Battle of Alapan*

NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Alapan Elementary School, Alapan, Imus, Cavite (Region IV-A)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 5, s. 1993
Marker date: 1998

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

BATTLE OF ALAPAN

ON THIS SITE, ON MAY 28, 1898, BETWEEN 10:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M., A BLOODY ENCOUNTER ENSUED BETWEEN FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY FORCES AND APPROXIMATELY 270 SPANISH MARINES. THIS BATTLE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRIUMPH OF FILIPINO FORCES, WAS TAKEN AS GLORIOUS OCCASION FOR GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO Y FAMY TO DISPLAY THE PHILIPPINE FLAG FOR THE FIRST TIME AT CAVITE NUEVO. THE EVENT, WHICH MARKED THE BAPTISM OF FIRE AND GLORY OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG, WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE SUCCESSFUL STRUGGLE TO OVERTHROW SPANISH RULE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC.

BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DATE, PRESIDENT DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ISSUED PROCLAMATION NO. 374 DECLARING MAY 28 OF EACH YEAR AS NATIONAL FLAG DAY.

THIS HISTORICAL MARKER IS INSTALLED BY THE GRATEFUL FILIPINO NATION IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY AND HEROISM OF THE FILIPINO FORCES. UNVEILED ON MAY 28, 1998 IN THE OBSERVANCE OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF ALAPAN BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT FIDEL VALDEZ RAMOS.BATTLE OF ALAPAN

ON THIS SITE, ON MAY 28, 1898, BETWEEN 10:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M., A BLOODY ENCOUNTER ENSUED BETWEEN FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY FORCES AND APPROXIMATELY 270 SPANISH MARINES. THIS BATTLE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRIUMPH OF FILIPINO FORCES, WAS TAKEN AS GLORIOUS OCCASION FOR GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO Y FAMY TO DISPLAY THE PHILIPPINE FLAG FOR THE FIRST TIME AT CAVITE NUEVO. THE EVENT, WHICH MARKED THE BAPTISM OF FIRE AND GLORY OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG, WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE SUCCESSFUL STRUGGLE TO OVERTHROW SPANISH RULE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC.

BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DATE, PRESIDENT DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ISSUED PROCLAMATION NO. 374 DECLARING MAY 28 OF EACH YEAR AS NATIONAL FLAG DAY.

THIS HISTORICAL MARKER IS INSTALLED BY THE GRATEFUL FILIPINO NATION IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY AND HEROISM OF THE FILIPINO FORCES. UNVEILED ON MAY 28, 1998 IN THE OBSERVANCE OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF ALAPAN BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT FIDEL VALDEZ RAMOS.

Ang Bahay na Sinilangan ni Pangulong Diosdado Macapagal*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

Location: President Diosdado P. Macapagal Library and Museum, Lubao, Pampanga

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site, NHCP Museum

Link to the museum: Museo at Aklatan ni Pangulong Diosdado Macapagal

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 4, s. 1995

Marker date: February 20, 1990

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ANG BAHAY NA SINILANGAN NI PANGULONG DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL

SA BAHAY NA ITONG YARI SA PAWID AT KAWAYAN, ANG PANGLIMANG NAGING PANGULO NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL AY IPINANGANAK NOONG IKA-28 NG SETYEMBRE 1910. PANGALAWA SA APAT NA ANAK NINA URBANO MACAPAGAL AT ROMANA PANGAN. DITO NIYA GINUGOL ANG MGA MASASAYANG UNANG TAON NG KANYANG KABATAAN. ANG PAGSASAAYOS NA MULI NG BAHAY NA ITO AY ISINAGAWA SA PAGTUTULUNGAN NG MGA MAMAMAYAN NG LUBAO, NG PAMAHALAAN AT NG KAGAWARAN NG EDUKASYON, KULTURA AT ISPORTS (REHIYON III).

The Tejeros Convention*

NHCP File Photo

NHCP File Photo

Location: Barrio Tejeros, San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias) Cavite (Region IV-A)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 2, s. 1995

Marker date: 1941

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE TEJEROS CONVENTION

A REVOLUTIONARY ASSEMBLY WAS HELD MARCH 22, 1897, IN THE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE CASA-HACIENDA OF TEJEROS, THAT ONCE STOOD ON THIS SITE. PRESIDED OVER BY ANDRES BONIFACIO TOWARD THE END OF THE SESSION, THE ASSEMBLY DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A CENTRAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT, AND ELECTED EMILIO AGUINALDO, PRESIDENT; MARIANO TRIAS, VICE-PRESIDENT; ARTEMIO RICARTE, CAPTAIN GENERAL; EMILIANO RIEGO DE DIOS, DIRECTOR OF WAR; AND ANDRES BONIFACIO, DIRECTOR OF THE INTERIOR. CERTAIN EVENTS ARISING IN THE CONVENTION CAUSED BONIFACIO TO BOLT ITS ACTION.

Pamitinan Cave*

NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Sitio Wawa, San Rafael, Rodriquez, Rizal (Region IV-A)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site, Cave

Status: Level I- National Historical Site

Legal basis: Resolution No. 02, S. 1996

Marker date: 12 April 1997

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

YUNGIB NG PAMITINAN

SA YUNGIB NA ITO GINANAP ANG ILANG LIHIM NA PAGPUPULONG NG MGA KATIPUNERO SA PANGUNGUNA NI ANDRES BONIFACIO UKOL SA PANGANGALAP NG MGA BAGONG KASAPI NG KATIPUNAN AT PANUNUMPA NG MGA ITO NOONG ABRIL 1895.

KILALA BILANG YUNGIB BERNANRDO CARPIO DAHIL SA PANINIWALA NG MGA TAGARITO NA ANG MAALAMAT NA BAYANING SI BERNARDO CARPIO AT ITINANIKALA AT IBINILANGGO DITO NG KANYANG MGA KAAWAY. GINAMIT NG MGA UNANG NANIRAHAN DITO BILANG POOK SAMBAHAN SA MGA ANITO AR ISANG LIBINGAN.

IPINAHAYAG NG PAMBANSANG SURIANG PANGKASAYSAYAN ANG POOK NA ITO BILANG ISANG PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG MAKASAYSAYAN NOONG HUNYO 21, 1996 SA BISA NG KAUTUSAN NG PANGULO BLG. 260, AGOSTO 1, 1973 NA SINUSUGAN NG MGA KAUTUSAN NG PANGULO NLG. 375, ENERO 14, 1974 AT BLG. 1505, HUNYO 11, 1978.

Town Center of Pila*

NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Pila, Laguna (Region IV-A)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Historic Center

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 2, s. 2000

Marker date: 2000

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

PILA

DATING NALUKLOK SA PINAGBAYANAN AT INILIPAT SA PAGALANGAN. PINAGKALOOBAN NG MGA KASTILA NG TITULONG LA NOBLE VILLA DE PILA NOONG SIMULA NG IKA-17 DANTAON DAHIL SA KADALISAYAN NG KAUGALIAN AT TRADISYON NG MGA MAMAMAYAN NITO. INILIPAT SA SITIO NG SANTA CLARA NA BAHAGI NG ASYENDANG PAG-AARI NG MAGKAKAKPATID NA SINA FELIZARDO, MIGUEL AT RAFAEL DE RIVERA BAGO MATAPOS ANG IKA-18 DANTAON. GINAWA ANG BALANGKAS NG BAYAN NI FELIZARDO DE RIVERA NA MAKIKITA PA HANGGANG SA KASALUKUYAN BILANG ISANG HALIMBAWA NG PAGPAPLANONG BAYAN NOONG PANAHON NG MGA KASTILA. IPINAHAYAG ANG MAKASAYSAYANG POOK NG BAYAN NA PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG PANGKASAYSAYAN, 17 MAYO 2000.

Plaza Libertad*

NHCP Photo Collection

NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Plaza Libertad, J.M. Basa Street cor. Zamora Street, City Proper, Iloilo City

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 12, S. 2003

Marker date: 17 May 2006

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

PLAZA LIBERTAD

BANTAYOG NG KAGITINGAN NG MGA BAYANI NG PANAY. DITO NAGTIPON AT NAGTAAS NG WATAWAT NG PILIPINAS ANG PUWERSANG MAPANGHIMAGSIK SA PAMUMUNO NI HEN. MARTIN DELGADO, TANDA NG PAGTATAPOS NG PAMAMAHALA NG MGA KASTILA SA PANAY, 25 DISYEMBRE 1898. IPINAHAYAG NA PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG PANGKASAYSAYAN, 17 NOBYEMBRE 2003.

Pari Jacinto Zamora*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2007

NHCP Photo Collection

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

Location: Fraternidad Street, Pandacan, Manila (Region NCR)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 3, s. 1974

Marker date: 1954

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

PARI JACINTO ZAMORA

SA POOK NA ITO NG PANDAKAN, MAYNILA, ISINILANG NOONG IKA-14 NG AGOSTO, 1835 SI PARI JACINTO ZAMORA. MAGITING NA ANAK NINA VENANCIO ZAMORA AT HILARIA DEL ROSARIO. BINITAY NA KASAMA NG MGA PARING SINA JOSE BURGOS AT MARIANO GOMEZ NOONG IKA-17 NG PEBRERO, 1872, DAHILAN SA KANILANG PAGTATANGGOL SA MGA KARAPATAN NG MGA PARING PILIPINO.

Surrender of General Yamashita*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2005

NHCP Photo Collection, 2005

NHCP Photo Collection, 2005

NHCP Photo Collection, 2005

NHCP Photo Collection, 2005

NHCP Photo Collection, 2005

NHCP Photo Collection, 2005

                                       NHCP Photo Collection, 2005

Location: Kiangan, Ifugao (Region CAR) 

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Marker date: September 2, 1995

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:

SURRENDER OF GENERAL YAMASHITA

ON THIS SITE, GENERAL TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA TOGETHER WITH HIS STAFF, SURRENDERED TO THE ELEMENTS OF THE U.S. 6TH ARMY IN THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 2, 1945. THE FINAL SURRENDER CEREMONY TOOK PLACE THE FOLLOWING DAY AT THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S RESIDENCE, CAMP JOHN HAY, BAGUIO 202 CITY.