Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion Historical LandmarkMausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion Historical Landmark is a National Historical Landmark, NHCP located at Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region.
RESOLUTION NO. 1, S. 1993
DECLARING THE MAUSOLEO DE LOS VETERANOS DE LA REVOLUCION AT THE NORTH CEMETERY IN MANILA A NATIONAL HISTORICAL MONUMENT
WHEREAS, Article 14, Section 14 of the Constitution of the Philippines states that “The State shall foster the preservation, enrichment, and dynamic evolution of a Filipino national culture…”
WHEREAS, Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 260, dated August 1, 1973, specifically vested the National Historical Commission, now the National Historical Institute, the power to declare historical and cultural sites and edifices as National Shrines, Monuments, and/or Landmarks;
WHEREAS, the National Historical Institute is the government agency charged with the maintenance and care of historical shrines, monuments and landmarks, and the development of historical sites and structures that may be declared as National Shrines, Monuments and Landmarks;
WHEREAS, It was a tradition among ancient Filipinos to pay homage and honor to their deceased chiefs and other illustrious dead by interring them in a fitting shrine on the village square;
WHEREAS, the Mausoleo de los Veteranos was conceived by the Asociacion de los Veteranos de la Revolucion as a final resting place of the veterans of the Philippine Revolution and the Filipino-American War;
WHEREAS, in 1915 the government employed the noted architect Arcadio Arellano in the preparation of the plans and specifications for the pantheon for Filipino heroes;
WHEREAS, the construction of the Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion in the Manila North Cemetery was accomplished through the combined efforts of the Mayor of Manila Ramon J. Fernandez (1920-23), the Municipal Council of Manila, and the veterans of the Asociacion de los Veteranos de la Revolucion;
WHEREAS, the Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion was inaugurated on May 30, 1920;
WHEREAS, revolutionary heroes interred in the mausoleum are, among others, General Pio del Pilar, General Emiliano Riego de Pios, General Mariano Noriel, General Fernando Canon, and General Anastacio F. Francisco; and Marcelo H. del Pilar, the great Propagandist and writer, General Adriano Hernandez, General Licerio Geronimo, and Colonel Quintin Salas, whose remains have been exhumed and interred in their respective hometowns;
WHEREAS, the Philippines is concurrently celebrating 1988 to 1996 as the Decade of the Centennial of Filipino Nationalism, Nationhood and the Philippine Revolutionary Movement;
WHEREAS, the revitalization of the Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion hopes to inculcate the spirit of nationalism and today’s youth and remind all Filipinos of their precious heritage, and of the struggles and ideals of liberty for which our heroes unselfishly dedicated themselves;
NOW THEREFORE, the National Historical Institute, by virtue of the powers vested in it by Presidential Decree No. 260, dated August 1, 1973, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1505, dated June 11, 1978, hereby declares the Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion at the North Cemetery in Manila, a National Historical Monument.
APPROVED: April 6, 1993
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Marker Text:
Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolución
Ipinagawa para sa mga labi ng mga Beterano ng Himagsikang Pilipino ng 1896 at Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano ng Asociacion de los Veteranos de la Revolucion at ng Pamahalaang Bayan ng Maynila ayon sa disenyo ni Arkitekto Arcadio Arellano, 1915. Pinasinayaan, Mayo 30, 1920.
Sa bisa ng Kautusan ng Pangulo bilang 260, Agosto 1, 1973, na sinusugan ng mga Kautusan bilang 375, Enero 14, 1974 at bilang 1505, Hunyo 11, 1978, ang mausoleo na ito ay ipinahayag na Pambansang Makasaysayang Bantayog, Abril 6, 1993.