Location: Washington Street cor. Dewey Street, Batac, Ilocos Norte
Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1966
Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)
Marker text:
GENERAL ARTEMIO RICARTE (VIBORA)
20 OCTOBER 1866 – 31 JULY 1945
TEACHER, SOLDIER, AND PATRIOT. BORN HERE IN BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE, TO ESTEBAN RICARTE Y FAUSTINO AND BONIFACIA GARCIA Y RIGONAN. HOLDER OF THE BACHELOR OF ARTS, SAN JUAN DE LETRAN, AND TEACHER’S CERTIFICATE FOR PRIMARY INSTRUCTION. PRINCIPAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO DE MALABON PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CAVITE; BRIGADIER-GENERAL, MAGDIWANG FACTION; CHOSEN CAPTAIN-GENERAL BY THE TEJEROS CONVENTION.
CAPTURED BY THE AMERICANS IN 1900. IMPRISONED AND BANISHED TO GUAM IN 1901. REFUSING TO TAKE THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, HE LIVED ABROAD. RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINES FROM JAPAN DURING WORLD WAR II. DIED IN BARRIO NAGPARAON, KALINGA, MT. PROVINCE.