The Filipino Heroes Memorial
The memorial is one of the newest landmarks in Corregidor which honors Filipino heroes and martyrs in their struggle for freedom and independence. It was erected and inaugurated in 1987 and 1992, respectively, and has 14 murals depicting the different eras in struggle from the Battle of Mactan in 1521 to the more recent People Power Revolution in 1986. Other murals depicted include the Dagohoy Revolt in 1744, the 1782 Palaris Revolt in Pangasinan, the 1896 Philippine Revolution, and World War II. The memorial complex was designed by Francisco Manosa while the murals and a statue of a Filipino soldier-farmer were sculptured by Manuel Casal. The main thing that you will see in this memorial is the statue of Douglas McArthur, an American hero who helped the Filipinos in the Japanese invasion. Due to Japanese invasion of World War II, some Filipino was conscripted in an early age. Gen. Douglas McArthur escaped and he said “I shall return”, Filipinos waited for him to come back and when Douglas McArthur with the help of the Americans came back to help the Filipinos, because of the Japanese who abused our country, the Japanese invasion had gone and the Filipinos were very thankful to Gen. Douglas McArthur and the Americans in saving them.
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