Location: Ermita, Manila
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Structure
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: Unknown
Marker text:
CANNON ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
THIS CANNON WAS USED AT THE SPANISH ARSENAL IN CAVITE DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. AFTER THE SURRENDER OF THE SPANIARDS, MAJOR LADISLAO JOSE, PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, TRANSFERRED IT TO BARRIO DIGMAN, BACOOR, CAVITE, WHERE IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RENDERED USELESS AS A WEAPON BY THE AMERICAN FORCES. IN 1936 IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FOR PRESERVATION AS A HISTORICAL RELIC. IN 1938 THE PHILIPPINES HISTORICAL COMMITTEE HAD IT MOUNTED HERE.
