The Local Historical Committees Network (LHCN) is an important segment of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Consisting of local historical and heritage

“monitor, coordinate, support and, upon approval of the [NHCP] Board, affiliate various local historical bodies engaged in the collection, documentation, popularization, conservation, restoration and preservation of extant historical materials found in different parts of the Philippines. It shall also record the oral histories of towns, cities, provinces, regions and peoples (Sec. 21, R.A. 10086.)”