1.
MS UNKNOWN SOLDIERS TOMB AT FORT SANTIAGO
2 1/2 ft

2.
MLS DIGNITARIES
5 ft

3.
MCU TWO SOLDIERS REMOVE URN
8 ft

4.
LS URN CARRIED TO CAISSON
12 1/2 ft

5.
MS FLAG PLACED ON CAISSON
16 1/2 ft

6.
LS PROCESSION TO FORT BONIFACIO-THREE MILES AWAY- (TWO SHOTS)
22 1/2 ft

7.
MS DRAPPED CAISSON
27 ft

8.
MLS DIGNITARIES, INCLUDING PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL, IN PROCESSION
31 ft

9.
LS URN CARRIED TO NEW TOMB IN FORT BONIFACIO
34 1/2 ft

10.
CU WREATH (TILT UP) NEW MONUMENT
39 ft

11.
MS DIGNITARIES
40 1/2 ft

12.
MS UNITS OF ARMED FORCES STAND NEAR URN
41 1/2 ft

13.
MS ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST BLESSES URN
42 1/2 ft

14.
MLS DIGNITARIES WITNESS RE-BURIAL
46 ft



Initials CAR/VS/MK/YA/RBI



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Background: ON THE OCCASION OF THE 101ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ANDRES BONIFACIO, THE GREAT FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY, THE REMAINS OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER FROM FORT SANTIAGO IN MANILA, WAS TRANSFERRED TO A MILITARY CEMETERY IN FORT BONIFACIO, NAMED AFTER THE HERO.

THE LATE ANDRES BONIFACIO WAS FOUNDER OF "KATIPUNAN", AN UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT WHICH FOUGHT AGAINST THE SPANIARDS WHO THEN RULED THE PHILIPPINES. MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY WERE PROMINENT FILIPINO PERSONALITIES, WHOSE IDENTITIES WERE SECRET.

BONIFACIO WAS A POOR FARMER. HE WAS CAUGHT AND EXECUTED ON MAY 10, 1897, AT THE AGE OF 34.

THE TRANSFER WAS SOUGHT BY THE NATIONAL SHRINES COMMISSION IN A RESOLUTION APPROVED DURING ITS REGULAR MEETING LAST FRIDAY. THE URN OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER WAS TRANSFERRED TO A CAISSON DRAPPED BY THE PHILIPPINES FLAG. IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY UNITS OF THE ARMED FORCES; PRESIDENT DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL; HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

AT THE BONIFACIO FORT, THE DIGNITARIES WITNESSED THE REBURIAL OF THE URN IN THE NEW TOMB. THE ETERNAL FLAME WAS LIT AND IT WILL BURN FOREVER IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD. MEANWHILE, OLD FORT SANTIAGO WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A MEMORIAL GARDEN.