Location: Bago City, Negros Occidental (Region VI)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – With Marker
Marker date: 1951
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
REPUBLICA DE NEGROS
IN THIS PLAZA OF BAGO WAS PROCLAIMED THE REPUBLICA DE NEGROS BY THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES LED BY GENERAL JUAN ANACLETO ARANETA, 5 NOVEMBER 1898. WITNESSED BY ANANIAS DIOKNO, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CENTRAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT. THIS REPUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGED THE AUTHORITY OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC UNDER EMILIO AGUINALDO.
