NHCP Photo Collection, 2006
Birthplace of General Gregorio del Pilar*
Location:
Cupang, Bulakan, Bulacan (Region III)
Category:
Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark
Legal Basis:
Resolution No. 2, S. 2009
Marker Date:
1948
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee
BIRTHPLACE OF GEN. GREGORIO DEL PILAR
SITE IN THE TOWN OF BULACAN WHERE GENERAL GREGORIO H. DEL PILAR WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 1875. FIFTH CHILD OF FERDINAND H. DEL PILAR AND FELIPA SEMPIO. INTREPID, VALIANT AND YOUNGEST FILIPINO GENERAL. FIGURED MOST PROMINENTLY IN THE DEFENSE OF KAKARON, ATTACK OF PAOMBONG, LIBERATION OF BULACAN, AND IN THE BATTLE OF TIRAD PASS WHERE HE DIED “A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN,” 2 DECEMBER 1899.
