00:00Today, we remember the heroes who fought for our country.
00:03And one of them is Lapu-Lapu.
00:05Many were saddened by the removal of his monument in Luneta,
00:08but he came back and will be restored.
00:11That's the story of JMNC Nuts. JM?
00:18Bro, you're right. Some of our fellow citizens are saddened
00:21after seeing Lapu-Lapu's monument in Rizal Park again.
00:25For them, this is the true meaning of citizenship.
00:31In the development project in Rizal Park,
00:34a large part of it was restored.
00:36This is Lapu-Lapu's monument.
00:38It can be remembered that last year,
00:40Lapu-Lapu's 40-story monument was demolished
00:43and was built in 2004.
00:45And after almost a year,
00:47it can be seen again in Rizal Park.
00:49I saw it when it was first built.
00:52It was built in 2004,
00:54and it was removed during the pandemic.
00:56It's a big deal
00:58because a lot of people are still taking pictures here
01:01and they are being crowned.
01:03Lapu-Lapu's statue or Sentinel of Freedom
01:06can be seen in Phase 4 of Rizal Park.
01:08This is part of the restoration
01:10of the National Museum of the Philippines in Parque.
01:12Lapu-Lapu is considered the first Filipino hero
01:16and the first Filipino to fight against the Mananacos.
01:19Today, people are coming to Rizal Park
01:22and taking souvenir photos
01:24of the monument of our national hero,
01:26Dr. Jose Rizal.
01:27Aside from the monuments of our heroes,
01:30there are also places that can be visited
01:32where it shows
01:34some important events in our history.
01:37Like the Kreb Pugat Lavins Shrine
01:39in Project 8, Quezon City,
01:41where you can see the life-size statue of the Katipuneros
01:44who gathered to stop the Mananacob of the Spaniards.
01:47And the Kartilya ng Katipunan or Heroes Park
01:50in Ermita, Manila
01:51that shows the leadership of Gat Andres Bonifacio
01:54in the revolution of 1898.
01:56If you remove these monuments,
01:58you don't have a physical connection to them.
02:00These heroes are long gone.
02:02Most of them, like those who fought during the Philippine Revolution,
02:05they don't have a physical manifestation.
02:07But through these monuments, we remember them.
02:10So, through the statues of our heroes,
02:13we can share with the next generations
02:16the lesson that they left behind,
02:18just a little bit of freedom.
02:46Thank you for watching!
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