President Jose P. Laurel Memorial Shrine | Jose P. Laurel MarkerPresident Jose P. Laurel Memorial Shrine | Jose P. Laurel Marker is a Marked Structure, NHCP; Registered Property, Province of Batangas; Registered Property, City of Tanauan, Batangas located at Tanauan, Batangas, Region IV-A.
Built in 1880, this ancestral house was restored by Jose P. Laurel’s son Mariano and daughter-in-law Alicia on March 9, 1964 and was donated to the national government to serve as a public library. It also houses Jose P. Laurel’s memorabilia. The 2-storey house has a ground floor of stone and an upper level of wood with wooden posts, sliding capiz windows and a floor of brightly polished wooden planks.
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Marker Text:
Jose P. Laurel
Kilalang hurista, estadista, lehislador, pilosopong moral at pulitikal, edukador, makabayan at kampeon ng mga karapatang pantao at katarungang panlipunan. Isinilang sa tanauan, batangas, Marso 9, 1891. Nagkaloob ng katangi-tanging paglilingkod sa tatlong sangay ng pamahalaan; Kalihim ng Panloob, 1923; Senador, 1925-1931; Kinatawan, 1934, Kumbensyong Konstitusyunal; Mahistrado ng Kataas-taasang Hukuman, 1936-941; Punong Mahistrado at kasabay nito, Kalihim ng Katarungan, 1941-1942; Pangulo ng Ikalawang Republika ng Pilipinas, 1943-1945; Senador, 1951-1957. Namatay, Nobyembre 6, 1959.