Translation of this historical marker at Pulang Lupa: "Here took place the bloody battle between the Filipino forces under Lt. Col. Maximo Abad and the American forces under Capt. Deverieux Shields on September 13, 1900. The Filipinos won in this battle.
By virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 260, August 1, 1973, supported by Presidential Proclamation No. 1505, June 11, 1978, this place was declared a National Historical Site on Sept. 24, 1991."
Two days ago we met with representatives from the National Historical Institute who visited Marinduque as part of NHI's historical mapping activities. Among the topics discussed were the Battle of Bintakay in Mogpog which occured during the Philippine-Spanish War, the Marinduque Provincial Capitol Building, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente Church in Gasan and efforts to declare these as historical sites, the Battle of Pulang Lupa Historical Site and development of the same. The need to organize historical societies or reactivate existing ones appear to be more imperative now.
It will be recalled that an offshoot of the Oral and Local History Conference held in Vigan in 2007, was the holding of a Historical Conference on Marinduque the following year, an effort by the provincial government to raise the level of awareness on Marinduque culture and history.
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