Location: Guingona Park, Jose S. Aquino Avenue cor. Ester Luna Street, Butuan
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: January 19, 1999
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:
THE RAISING OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG IN MINDANAO
IN THIS PLACE ON JANUARY 17, 1899, GOVERNOR WENCESLAO GONZALES OF THE TERCIO DISTRITO OF SURIGAO, FR. FRANCISCO NEBOT, S.J. AND THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENTS OF BUTUAN FORMALLY LOWERED THE VATICAN FLAG AND OFFICIALLY RAISED THE PHILIPPINE FLAG ACCOMPANIED BY THE PLAYING OF THE HIMNO NACIONAL DE FILIPINAS BY THE LOCAL BANDS OF BUTUAN, TUBAY AND CABADBARAN. THE EVENT MARKED THE FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT IN MINDANAO.
