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Before anything else, FYI: Aug 19 is “Quezon Day” (birthday of the late President Manuel Quezon), NOT “Quezon City Day.” Quezon City Day, the day of its foundation, is Oct 12.
President Benigno Aquino III led the commemoration of the late President Manuel Quezon’s 137th birthday on Wed, Aug 19. It also marked the opening of the modernized Museo ni Manuel Quezon.
A News5 report by Maricel Halili noted: “The museum has a sizable collection of the late president’s memorabilia, a hologram of Quezon delivering his inaugural address, and various interactive booths and terminals that show information about the Commonwealth period. It also offers other facilities, such as the audiovisual room, which presents a brief documentary about Quezon and the museum; a gallery dedicated to Aurora Quezon; and a recreation of Quezon’s office.”
The report went on to reveal that President Aquino then “witnessed the presentation of a posthumous award to the family of Quezon in recognition of his implementation of the open-door policy that allowed 1,200 Jews to migrate to the Philippines to escape the horrors of the Holocaust.”
The Raoul Wallenberg Medal was presented by Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Effie Ben-Matityau to President Quezon’s daughter, Zenaida Quezon Avancena, and his grandson, Manuel Luis “Manolo” Quezon III.
The museum is located within the the Quezon Memorial Circle.
Photo: Gov.ph
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