TAAL, BATANGAS ─ The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in partnership with the Municipal Government of Taal and Provincial Government of Batangas, will lead the simple commemorative rites for 163rd birth anniversary of Leon Apacible on 25 October, 8:00 a.m. at the Museo nina Leon at Galicano Apacible.
Batangas Governor Hermilando I. Mandanas will spearhead the flag-raising and wreath-laying rites. He will be joined by Taal Mayor Fulgencio I. Mercado, NHCP Representative Ms. Gina C. Batuhan, and an Apacible descendant, Ms. Melanie Anne C. Alcantara.
The program will highlight the message of Governor Mandanas.
Leon Apacible was a Filipino lawyer, judge, propagandist, and revolutionary. He met national hero Jose Rizal, while attending the Ateneo Municipal de Manila. Apacible later studied law at the University of Sto. Tomas, earning his licentiate in jurisprudence at 23 years old. He practiced law in Batangas where he also found Masonry. He then became a judge of the Court of First Instance of Batangas City.
Apacible’s house in Taal became one of the meeting places of the resistance leaders in 1890. In 1892, he was deported to Lepanto, now Bontoc Province in the Cordilleras. He was released from exile after the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato. Upon his return to Batangas, Apacible joined General Miguel Malvar’s forces and became his right-hand man. In 1898, he led his own force of soldiers against Spain in capturing Batangas City. In the same year, Apacible was appointed as the Finance Officer of Batangas by President Emilio Aguinaldo.
The NHCP is the national government agency mandated to promote Philippine history through its museums, research, and publications, and to preserve historical heritage through conservation and the marking of historic sites and structures.
Refer to:
Historic Sites and Education Division
T.M. Kalaw Ave., Ermita, Manila 1000
hsed@nhcp.gov.ph
(+632) 5335-1217 loc. 126 | (+63960) 328-4200