Location: Brgy. Lonoy, Jagna, Bohol
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1958
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
JAGNA MARTYRS
SITE OF A BLOODY ENCOUNTER BETWEEN FILIPINOS AND AMERICANS IN WHICH 406 DIE-HARD REVOLUTIONISTS LED BY CAPITAN GOYO (GREGORIO) CASEÑAS, PERISHED ON EASTER SUNDAY, 1901. THE INTREPID BAND DUG INTO GRASSY TRENCHES INTENDING TO AMBUSH THE AMERICANS, BUT THE TREACHERY OF FRANCISCO (ISKO) ACALA, WHO REVEALED THE PLAN TO THE AMERICANS, RESULTED INSTEAD IN THE WHOLESALE DEATH OF CAPITAN GOYO AND HIS MEN. THE AMERICANS ENTERED JAGNA AND BURNED THE WHOLE TOWN, SPARING ONLY THE CHURCH, THE CONVENT AND A FEW HOUSES.
