BACOLOD City – United States National Archives head researcher Marie Vallejo will present the digitized version of old records of Filipino war guerillas in a lecture on Philippine heroes at the Bacolod City Government Center.
The April 10 lecture is a part of the city government’s yearly commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor), which falls a day earlier, April 9.
Parts of the Philippine Archives Collection to be presented in the lecture are “Finding Our Heroes: The Brigadier General Francisco Licuanan Jr. Memorial Collection, Philippine Guerrilla Files from the US National Archives” and “Memories of our Heroes from World War II.”
Vallejo said the project is undertaken to preserve crumbling documents, make known the heroic exploits of Filipino guerrilla fighters and disseminate the records as research and teaching materials.
“Above all, we want to install a sense of nationalism through the untold stories in these records,” she added.
Vallejo said 280,000 records have been extensively scanned, uploaded, and made available to researchers, history teachers, and libraries in the country.
The project is a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to know more about the history of the Philippines, she stressed.
The project’s lead sponsors are the Philippine Veterans Office, the Filipino War Veterans Foundation, and the Geo Estate Development Corp., with the Philippine Veterans Bank-Bacolod as the local sponsor in partnership with the city government. (With PNA/PN)
