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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UQ6_world-war-ll-veterans-a-war-memorial_Guimba-Gitnang-Luzon.html
Veterans of World War ll Guimba, Nueva Ecija Officers of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines Guimba, Nueva Ecija Post Chartered under Republic Act 2640 (List of 17 officers from the post) As of May 15, 1988 Commissioned Officers (Li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DY0_manila-american-cemetery-and-memorial_Taguig-NCR.html
Manila American Cemetery, the largest of 24 cemeteries built and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission, both in area and number of graves. 16,636 military dead of the United States of America from World War II rest here, alongsi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DQH_university-of-santo-tomas_Manila-NCR.html
Tagalog text:Unang itinatag sa Intramuros bilang Seminaryo ngColegio de Nuestra Se?ora del Santisimo Rosarioni Arsobispo Miguel de Benavides, O.P. 28 Abril 1611.Pinangalanang Colegio de Santo Tomas bilangpag-alaala kay Santo Tomas de Aquino, 1625.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DPH_santo-tomas-internment-camp_Manila-NCR.html
Through these portals passed up to ten thousand Americans and other nationals of the free world who were interned within these walls by the Japanese military. Suffering great physical privation and national humiliation from January 4, 1942, until …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DHC_the-new-plaza-san-lorenzo-ruiz_Manila-NCR.html
The new Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz was formerly known as Plaza Calderon de la Barca, a noted Spanish playwright. In 1981 it was renamed after the first Filipino saint, Lorenzo Ruiz, where his statue stands, in honor of this Binondo native who was exec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DF9_university-of-santo-tomas_Manila-NCR.html
Panel 1:Founded in 1611 by legacy of Archbishop Miguel de Benavides. Authorized to confer degrees in 1624. Granted university privileges in 1645 by Innocent X upon Philip IV's request. Made a royal university in 1785 by Charles III and a pontifica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AY6_the-hellships-memorial_Olongapo-Central-Luzon.html
Inscription on first monolith: This memorial honors the thousands of World War II Allied prisoners of war transported under horrific conditions by their Japanese captors on "Hellships" and scattered all across Asia to work as slave laborers in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AHN_inang-laya-monument_Olongapo-Central-Luzon.html
Let the Dozen Hands pay tribute to the Magnificent Twelve Senators of the Republic of the Philippines who on September 16, 1991, stood up and declared "NO" to the RP US Military Bases Treaty, thus finally ending more than four centuries of foreign…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AFX_subic-bay-metropolitan-authority_Olongapo-Central-Luzon.html
Five years ago today, this 24th day of November 1997, the U.S. Navy in solemn ceremonies relinquished administration, control and possession of the former Subic Naval Base, after 94 years to the sovereign Philippine government. Presiding over t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AEL_old-west-gate_Subic-Bay-Freeport-Zone-Central-Luzon.html
This gate was the entrance to the original Spanish Naval Station established in Subic Bay in 1885. The principal Spanish construction lay to the east along what is now Rivera Point and consisted of an arsenal, several warehouses, and a number of s…
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