Skywatch#28 Capas National Shrine, Capas, Tarlac

As our national election is getting near, the candidates' election campaigns are getting frenzier and their rhetorics getting bolder. I truly hope that my countrymen will choose the right persons that will lead us out of graft and corruption to give hope to the future generation.

It was quiet when we got to Capas National Shrine on a Saturday. It was after we climbed Mt. Pinatubo and somehow, I expected that there would be a lot of people visiting this national shrine for the heroes of Bataan Death March. Sadly, there was just me and my friend and a small family of three that were there.

If it was a political rally venue, the place would have been colorful with campaign propaganda and with the number of people spilling all over the place. They would have been excited to see their candidates singing or worst, dancing along with some sexy dancers just so to attract those precious votes.

But it was just a memorial shrine, where people seems to forget that thousands of their ancestors sacrificed their lives to enjoy the freedom that they're having right now.

This coming national election, I truly hope and pray that my countrymen will not forget  that they owe their freedom to their forefathers and to their offsprings. That the leader they need to choose is someone who is honest, hardworking as well as someone who looks after the welfare of his people not the thickness of his bank account.

This is Capas National Shrine, a memorial shrine for the fallen soldiers (American and Filipino soldiers) who fought against the Japanese regime during World War II. 

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My World#66 Death March Camp, Capas, Tarlac

I was supposed to post this entry on the first week of this month but I was on travel during that time. Nevertheless, this post is in recognition to our country's national Day of Valour (Araw ng Kagitingan) celebration last April 9. Along with a friend, I went to the Capas National Shrine last April 3 to pay our respects to the fallen soldiers who died from the Bataan Death March during World War II.

I am proud to say that I have already visited all three major memorials for the fallen soldiers of the Bataan Death March. The first one was the fortress-island of Corregidor which lies strategically at the mouth of Manila Bay and the second one was the Mt. Samat Shrine of Valor (Dambana ng Kagitingan).All memorials are mute witnesses of how the Filipinos can be brave and proud to fight for their country.





I always had this interest in Philippine history especially the World War II stories. I first heard those stories from my maternal grandmother who was such a great storyteller. My maternal grandmother  in turn had  such an interest in Philippine history because her Spanish father was a soldier.

Out of the stories my grandmother told her grandchildren, Bataan Death March piqued quite an interest from me because of its notoriety. Out of almost 75,000 prisoner-soldiers captured by the Japanese invaders, only about 55,000 soldiers survived the 102-kilometer walk under the sweltering sun and the inhumane living conditions of Camp Donnelly afterwards.






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