Birthplace of General Gregorio del Pilar*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

Location: Bulakan, Bulacan

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

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.

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