Location: Philippine Columbian Association, Plaza Dilao Road, Paco, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1960
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
PHILIPPINE COLUMBIAN ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZED IN 1907 BY FILIPINOS WHO HAD STUDIED IN THE UNITED STATES AND DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN FILIPINOS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS. PONCIANO REYES, FIRST PRESIDENT. ITS CLUBHOUSE BECAME THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE FIRST INDEPENDENCE CONGRESS, 22 TO 26 FEBRUARY 1930. FAVORITE MEETING PLACE OF NATIONAL LEADERS HEADED BY PRESIDENT QUEZON AND SPEAKER ROXAS. FIRST BUILDING CONSTRUCTED DURING INCUMBENCY OF ANTONIO DE LAS ALAS, 1923. DESTROYED IN THE BATTLE OF LIBERATION, 1945. RECONSTRUCTED DURING THE TERM OF RAMON C. ORDOVEZA, 1953.
