NHCP Photo Collection, 2006
Roque B. Ablan 1906-1943
Location:
Governor Roque B. Ablan, Sr. Shrine, A. Bonifacio Street, Laoag, Ilocos Norte
Category:
Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1951
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
ROQUE B. ABLAN
1906 -1943
NEWSPAPERMAN, LAWYER, SOCIAL WORKER, LABOR LEADER: AS PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF ILOCOS NORTE AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II, ORGANIZED A LOCAL RESISTANCE GOVERNMENT; FOUGHT THE INVADERS VALIANTLY UNTIL HIS DISAPPEARANCE IN 1943.
