Sunday, November 23, 2008

Ang Baler sa Panahon ng Pananakop ng Amerikano

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Not far from the plaza in front of Baler Church is a marker that dates back to the Commonwealth period. It says that to Baler was sent an American expedition to succor the Spanish. The year was 1899. The marker itself is telegraphic-brief and to the point-in the information it contains about that expedition. The marker informs us that on the morning of 11 April, the USS Yorktown, a gunboat under the command of Commodore William Sperry, USN, anchored in Baler Bay. Its mission: to enact the attempted relief of the Spanish garrison of four officers and fifty men besieged in Baler Church. What the marker does not tell us, in any great detail, is what follows the arrival of the gunboat in Baler Bay.


*excerpts from:
Baler During The American Period: The Reign Of Quezon
by Manuel L. Quezon III

Friday, November 21, 2008

"Baler" Movie Clips by Mark Meily




Isang pagkakataon natin mga tiga-Baler na matutunan uli ang kasaysayan at kagandahan ng ating bayan. Isa rin hakbang sa lalu pang pagkilala sa makabuluhang papel ng Baler at pakikibaka ng mga mamamayan nito, noon at ngayon, sa pag-ikid ng kasaysayan.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

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