The City Government of Tanauan, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), and the Provincial Government of Batangas led the observance of the recent 158th birth anniversary of Apolinario Mabini at the Mabini Shrine in Tanauan City, Batangas.
Also taking part in the celebration is the Department of Tourism Calabarzon Region which brought members of the Republica Filipina Reenactment Group, an association of professionals which seeks to rekindle public awareness and patriotism through the portrayal of the Philippine Revolution’s historic personalities and events. The regional office’s participation in the historic event is in line with the thrust of DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco to promote museums as part of local tourism circuits.
Known as the Sublime Paralytic and Brains of the Revolution, Mabini was born on July 23, 1864 to humble beginnings at the Taal lakeshore village of Talaga in Tanauan town. He rose to become legal and constitutional adviser to the Philippine Revolutionary Government, and later as Prime Minister of the First Philippine Republic. He died in 1903 and buried in Manila, and was reinterred to the current Shrine in 1956 from the Manila North Cemetery’s Maosuleo delos Veteranos dela Revolucion.
In photo, at the commemorative ceremony are (first row) Tanauan City Vice Mayor Herminigildo Trinidad Jr., Mayor Nelson Collantes, Batangas Third District Congresswoman and event keynote speaker Rep. Ma. Theresa Collantes, DOT-Calabarzon OIC Regional Director Marites Castro, NHCP OIC Executive Director Carminda Arevalo, Batangas vice governor Mark Leviste, and (second row) Hazel Dimaala and Norman Eusebio of Microtel Sto. Tomas, and members of the Republica Filipina Reenactment Group (third row).