Philippine Heroes Articles

 

This collection comprises periodical articles featuring select national figures meticulously gathered and curated by the Philippine Heroes Center of Central Philippine University in 1965. It contains articles about the lives and contributions of notable figures such as General Emilio Aguinaldo, Andres Bonifacio, Apolinario Mabini, the Del Pilar siblings, and the Luna brothers.

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  • The death of General Gregorio del Pilar in the famous battle of Tirad Pass (Dec. 1, 1899) 

    Enriquez, Jose T. (The Filipino Teacher, 1953-11)
    "Who is there," once asked the late President Manuel L. Quezon, " that can tread the level of loyalty and gallantry exhibited by Gregorio del Pilar, who, like a Spartan soldier, offered his life as a holocaust to duty?" ...

  • He fought at Tirad Pass 

    Ablang, Leandro R. (Philippine Free Press, 1951-01-27)
    Somewhere east of Candon, over the jagged peaks of the Cordillera , is a tiny mountain pass which Ilocano mothers point out to their sons as a symbol of Filipino heroism. This is Tirad Pass. A young general by the name ...

  • General Del Pilar's other battles 

    Hidalgo, Ernesto C. (Philippine Free Press, 1962-04-14)
    No other Filipino general in the Philippine Revolution and in the Filipino-American War could compare with General Gregorio H. del Pilar in romantic escapades, gallantry toward the enemy, and intrepid exploits. At 24, he ...

  • The battle above the clouds 

    Abelardo, Victoria (Philippine Journal of Education, 1952-11)
    "It was a battle above the clouds I saw the youngest and bravest Filipino general trying to align his men to detain the American forces who were pursuing him, so that he could protect the retreat of Aguinaldo, I saw him ...

  • A soldier of the revolution 

    Wenceslao, Isidro (This Week, 1958-11-30)
    MARCH 22, 1896, is a day that shall always be etched in my memory. For on this date I took my oath as a full-fledged member of the "Balagay Uliran," a Katipunan unit located in San Nicolas, Bulacan, before serious-minded ...

  • "Heneral Goyo" and the Katipunan 

    Wenceslao, Isidro (Philippine Free Press, 1961-11-25)
    LITTLE is known of General Gregorio del Pilar save for his valiant stand with a small force in Tirad Pass against an American platoon of the 33rd Infantry under the command of Major P.C. March. No history of the Revolution ...

  • Del Pilar-The Filipino Leonidas 

    Quirino, Jose A. (Philippine Free Press, 1960-12-03)
    A Romantic figure in Philippine history is the 24-years old general who magnificently took part in the Battle of Tirad Pass on December 2, 1899, when 60 ill-equipped Filipinos engaged 300 better-armed American sharpshooters ...

  • The young man as a revolutionary 

    Toledo, J.V. (This Week, 1956-12-09)
    LATE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, when the Philippines was filled with the heady libertarian ideals and principles of the propaganda movement generated by the ilustrados in the homeland and in the Peninsula, a young man from ...

  • Gregorio H. Del Pilar - The boy 

    Quirino, Jose A. (Philippine Free Press, 1954-11-13)
    Who would ever think that one of the bravest generals of our revolutions , the man who led 60 men to fight against 300 American sharpshooters in the "Battle of the Clouds," learned his marskmanship by practising on a sumpit ...