Monday, April 09, 2018

Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)

Today, we are commemorating "Araw ng ng Kagitingan" or Day of Valor. It is also a public holiday in the Philippines. Day of Valor signifies the heroism of the Filipino fighters during World War II. It is also known as Bataan Day which commemorates the fall of Bataan. We are also dedicating this day for those fighters and innocent victims of the war.    
 Memorare Manila Monument in Intramuros, Manila which is dedicated
to the 100,000 lost lives during the "Battle of Manila" of Filipino and
American forces against the Japanese troops during World War II.


A marker beside Memorare Manila Monument in Intramuros, Manila
which states the many sites of the massacres committed by the imperial
Japanese Armed Forces in Manila in February 1945.

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