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1940s Manila. Ladies wearing black mantillas during Mass.

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Quezon Memorial Shrine, Quezon City: The Artworks and Artists of the Quezon Heritage House

Quezon Memorial Shrine, Quezon City: The Artworks and Artists of the Quezon Heritage House

(left) 2013 The Quezon Heritage House, Second Floor Living Room; (right) 1930 Senator Manuel and Aurora Quezon  with their family in America

When the Quezon Heritage House was transferred from New Manila to the Quezon Memorial Park in 2013, many properties of the Quezón family were also placed in the museum.

(left) 1927 The Quezon House at #45 Gilmore Avenue, New Manila, Quezon City; (right) 1951…

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Quezon Memorial Shrine, Quezon City: The Quezon Heritage House

Quezon Memorial Shrine, Quezon City: The Quezon Heritage House

1952-1978 Quezon Memorial Shrine by Federico Ilustre and Francesco Monti

Opening in 1978, the Museo ni Manuel Quezon in the first museum within the Quezon Memorial Park, however there would be more museums to open under the administration of Mayor Herbert Constantine “Bistek” Maclang Bautista (born May 12, 1968), starting with the Quezon City Experience in 2012.

1927 The Quezon Home in #45…

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Quezon Memorial Shrine, Quezon City: The Story of the 2nd Philippine President at the Museo ni Manuel Quezon

Quezon Memorial Shrine, Quezon City: The Story of the 2nd Philippine President at the Museo ni Manuel Quezon

1952-78 Federico Ilustre & Francesco Monti – Quezon Memorial Shrine

When the Quezon Memorial Park was inaugurated in 1978, at the 100th Birth Anniversary of President Manuel Luis Molina Quezón (1878-1944), part of the festivities was the opening of the Museo ni Manuel Quezón at the base of the memorial. Opened on the 18th of August, the museum featured memorabilia donated by the Quezón family,…

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Quezon City: The American Colonial History of Quezon City 1898-1939

1915 San Juan River Bridge

With the signing of the Treaty of Paris on the 10th of December 1898, the American government “purchases” the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam from the Spanish government for 20 million dollars, and starts forty-eight years of American colonial rule of the Philippines. This did not sit well with the Katipunanrevolutionaries, who were close to winning the war against…

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"Manuel and Aurora were married in Hong Kong in 1919. The marriage was decided upon at the spur of the moment when the couple eloped to the city. Amid the solemnity of the affair, the marriage was a funny episode because it surprised a lot of Manuel's friends in politics: It was only when his guests have arrived at the civil marriage bureau on the day of the wedding that he announced their purporse for being there.

Quezon: "Do you know why we are gathered here? I am going to be married right now to this young lady who stands beside me."

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"In another courtship visit, Manuel tested Aurora's love in a very teasing way. He came by Aurora's family home one day wearing orange blossoms, a wedding band, and casually told her, 'Oh, I've just been married.' Aurora burst into tears at the news. This proved to Manuel that she really did love him. "

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Quezon Heritage House - February 2016

Quezon Heritage House – February 2016

The Quezon Memorial Circle is a usual hangout spot for picnics and other outdoor activities. We also visited the newly-renovated Quezon Memorial Museum, which is in the center of the circle.

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