The Bataan Legacy event will take place on Sunday, May 5 at 2PM at the Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Public Library located at 100 Larkin St. in San Francisco, CA. The event is a collaboration between Artis Mundi and the San Francisco Public Library and supported by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center […]
Category: Philippine History
People Power Revolution
(Random thoughts about Martial Law—Part 3) February 23, 1986. Manila. This month we celebrate the 27th anniversary of the People Power Revolution, otherwise known as the Edsa Revolution of 1986. Led by then National Defence Chief Juan Ponce Enrile and Philippine Army General Fidel Ramos, a bloodless revolution against the Filipino Dictator began.
Remembering Martial Law: part 2
The “Y” generation will not know the name Primitivo Mijares but Baby Boomers like me will remember him as a brave journalist and a staunch critic of the late president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda. It was Mijares who authored the book Conjugal Dictatorship which described how the Philippines was run with an iron […]
The significance of Remembrance Day remains
A large crowd gathered on November 11 at Rooty Hill RSL Club to honour the fallen and to commemorate Remembrance Day. Chifley Federal MP Ed Husic gave the Address on what was the 94th Anniversary of the Armistice in Europe marking the end of The Great War.
The atrocities of Japanese soldiers
My dad told me stories about his experience during the war. He was in his 4th year of college at the University of the Philippines when the war broke out. Because he was an ROTC cadet, he was drafted by the US military under Mac Arthur’s command.
WWII Filipino Veterans remain unrecognized in America by Cecilia I. Gaerlan (US Correspondent)
Only a few are still alive Most people are aware of Pearl Harbor but not too many people have even heard of the tragedy of Bataan. More soldiers died in Bataan than in Pearl Harbor and yet the defenders of Bataan do not even garner a footnote in today’s history. Many of them died of […]
Remembering Martial Law
Most Baby Boomers will remember that it was 40 years ago on September 21, 1972 when then President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared Martial Law through Proclamation No. 1081. The infamous declaration covered the entire Republic of the Philippines. His declaration was really an insult to the intelligence of Filipinos. What he really wanted was to […]
The Legacy of Bataan
San Francisco, CA. — In commemoration of National POW (Prisoners of War)/MIA (Missing in Action) Recognition Day, Manilatown Heritage Foundation and Artis Mundi are proud to present The Legacy of Bataan on Friday, September 21 at 6:00PM at the I-Hotel Manilatown Center at 868 Kearny St. in San Francisco. Donations will be appreciated.
Camp Crame was named after this Filipino General by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
Brig. Gen. Rafael Cramé (October 2, 1863 — January 1, 1927) was a Filipino Constabulary officer who served as Chief of the former Philippine Constabulary from 1917 until his death in 1927.
Untold story about our national hero by Jose Rizal Lopez
During the opening of classes in a provincial primary school, the teacher wanted to know how much the children in her class know about Dr. Jose Rizal. So she asked: “Who is Jose Rizal? There was an immediate silence. It was only after quite a bit of time that a shaky little hand was raised. […]
General MacArthur and the Fall of Bataan and Corregidor by Cecilia I. Gaerlan
Seventy years ago, one of the greatest sacrifices of World War II was made by Filipino and American soldiers at Bataan and Corregidor. After a fierce and bitter four-month battle, Bataan fell on April 9, 1942 and Corregidor a month later on May 6.
70 years since Bataan Death March By Rick Radin
Monday, April 9 is the 70th anniversary of one of the most harrowing chapters in the history of the U.S. military — the defeat of U.S. and Philippine forces defending the Bataan Peninsula, a 60-mile-long strip of land east of Manila. In the days and months that followed the fall of Bataan, the Japanese forced […]