The mention of Bataan rings a memorable chord in the heart of every Filipino. It is today a symbol of democracy and freedom having been the last fortress of Filipino-American soldiers against the Japanese forces until it fell captive on April 9, 1942.
Obscure and relatively unknown before World War 11, Bataan was founded in 1754 by Governor General Pedro Manuel Arandia. Before this the region was divided into two parts. The Correggimiebto of Mariveles, Bagac, Morong and Maragondong, Cavite compressed the Corregimiento de Mariveles which was under the jurisdictionof the Recollect Order of the Roman Catholic Church. The Province of Pampanga included the towns of Orion, Pilar, Balanga, Abucay, Samal, Orani, Llana Hermosa and San Juan de Dinalupihan. The Group was under the charge of the Dominican Order.
Bataan has had more than its share of significant historical events. In 1647, the Dutch naval forces perpetrated the Abucay Massacre, the decended Chines Limahong used Lusong point at the western side of Bataan as a launching place; the Bataan Death March to Capas, Tarlac which started in the Municipality of Mariveles and Bagac. Today, a touching commemorative shrine marks the spot called Zero Kilometer Marker at Poblacion, Mariveles.The Shrine is depicted by a bayonet thrust to the ground with a helmet, symbolically slun over the rifle butt. An imposing Dambana ng Kagitingan memorial cross on the top of Mt. Samat in Pilar, Bataan is dedicated to the memory of those who resisted the Japanese occupation.
Bataan is a province faced with a challenge. It stands on the verge of an extensive industrialization program which may well be the equivalent of the dynamic force it exuded in its heroic past.
Obscure and relatively unknown before World War 11, Bataan was founded in 1754 by Governor General Pedro Manuel Arandia. Before this the region was divided into two parts. The Correggimiebto of Mariveles, Bagac, Morong and Maragondong, Cavite compressed the Corregimiento de Mariveles which was under the jurisdictionof the Recollect Order of the Roman Catholic Church. The Province of Pampanga included the towns of Orion, Pilar, Balanga, Abucay, Samal, Orani, Llana Hermosa and San Juan de Dinalupihan. The Group was under the charge of the Dominican Order.
Bataan has had more than its share of significant historical events. In 1647, the Dutch naval forces perpetrated the Abucay Massacre, the decended Chines Limahong used Lusong point at the western side of Bataan as a launching place; the Bataan Death March to Capas, Tarlac which started in the Municipality of Mariveles and Bagac. Today, a touching commemorative shrine marks the spot called Zero Kilometer Marker at Poblacion, Mariveles.The Shrine is depicted by a bayonet thrust to the ground with a helmet, symbolically slun over the rifle butt. An imposing Dambana ng Kagitingan memorial cross on the top of Mt. Samat in Pilar, Bataan is dedicated to the memory of those who resisted the Japanese occupation.
Bataan is a province faced with a challenge. It stands on the verge of an extensive industrialization program which may well be the equivalent of the dynamic force it exuded in its heroic past.
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