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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190A_503rd-airborne-the-rock-force-memorial_Cavite-City-Calabarzon.html
Marker panel 1 on top of monument:
"I see the old flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down."
These historic words were spoken by General Douglas MacArthur near the site of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18IB_the-cross-of-magellan_Cebu-City-Central-Visayas.html
Panel 1: From time immemorial this spot has been set aside to commemorate the erection of a Cross in Cebu by the expedition of Magellan. When King Humabon of Cebu and his Queen, son and daughters, together with some 800 of their subjects were bapt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM180U_spanish-historical-marker_Cavite-City-Calabarzon.html
Spanish text:
La isla de Corregidor paso a formar parte de la Corona de Espa?a el 19 de Mayo de 1571, al ser ocupada por el intr?pido navegante Miguel L?pez de Legaspi, fundador de la Ciudad de Manila.
Debido a su posici?n estrat?gica, Corr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17XS_filipino-chinese-world-war-ii-martyrs-memorial_Manila-NCR.html
Marker Panels 1 and 2: on the north face of the memorial's base with text in Chinese and English [portions illegible] - listed units include: "Phil-Chinese Volunteer Corps", "Anti-Jap[anese] & Puppets," "... Grand League, Squadrons", etc.
Marke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17VQ_our-lady-of-the-most-holy-rosary-parish-church_Manila-NCR.html
His Eminence, Jaime Cardinal Sin. D.D.Archbishop of Manila commissioned Very Rev. Msgr. Federico V. Navarro to start the restoration and reconstruction of this church on January 1977, which was finished in January 1984.In May 9, 1985, the Cardinal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17TZ_corregidor-lighthouse_Cavite-City-Calabarzon.html
Corregidor Lighthouse is a functioning historic lighthouse located 6,972 miles west-southwest of San Francisco, 3,044 miles north-northeast of Sydney, Australia, 692 miles south of Hong Kong and 628 feet above sea level, on the topside of Corregid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17RW_fort-san-pedro_Cebu-City-Central-Visayas.html
The Fort of San Pedro, described in an official report of 1739, is triangular in shape and made of stone and mortar. The three bastions are La Concepcion, San Ignacio de Loyola, and San Miguel - Powder Magazine.
[Inscriptions in the stone abov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17MD_400-years-of-continuing-oar-presence_Cebu-City-Central-Visayas.html
Panel 1: Fray Rodrigo de San MiguelPioneering MissionaryIndistinctly known in history books as Fr. Rodrigo Aganduru (1584-1626), the intrepid missionary from Villadolid, Spain, arrived with the first Recollects in 1606. Bataan and Zambales - where…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LS_antonio-pigafetta_Cebu-City-Central-Visayas.html
Patrician of Vicenza, Italy and Knight of Malta chronicler of the Magellan expedition that first circumnavigated the globe from 1519 to 1522. He fought in Mactan and was one of the 22 survivors who returned to Spain. This tribute was erected by th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17JU_for-the-repose-of-souls_Cavite-City-Calabarzon.html
[Text in Japanese Kanji:]
This monument is dedicated to the souls of the Filipino, American and Japanese, soldiers whose lives were given in a battle which occurred here on May 5, 1942, when our regiment of the 4thDivision landed on this island…