Battle of Alapan*

NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Imus, Cavite

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal Basis: Resolution No. 5, s. 1993

Marker Date: 1998

Installed By: National Historical Institute (NHI)

BATTLE OF ALAPAN

ON THIS SITE, ON MAY 28, 1898, BETWEEN 10:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M., A BLOODY ENCOUNTER ENSUED BETWEEN FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY FORCES AND APPROXIMATELY 270 SPANISH MARINES. THIS BATTLE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRIUMPH OF FILIPINO FORCES, WAS TAKEN AS GLORIOUS OCCASION FOR GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO Y FAMY TO DISPLAY THE PHILIPPINE FLAG FOR THE FIRST TIME AT CAVITE NUEVO. THE EVENT, WHICH MARKED THE BAPTISM OF FIRE AND GLORY OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG, WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE SUCCESSFUL STRUGGLE TO OVERTHROW SPANISH RULE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC.

Tags: 1993, 1998, Battle of Alapan*, Cavite, Level I, Monument, National Historical Landmark, Region IV-A, Sites/Events