Artemio Ricarte
After finishing his studies, he was sent to the town of San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias) in Cavite to supervise a primary school.[4][5][6] After the start of the Philippine Revolution on August 31, 1896, Ricarte led the revolutionists in attacking the Spanish garrison in San Francisco de Malabon.On March 22, 1897, during the Tejeros Convention, Ricarte was unanimously elected Captain-General of a new revolutionary government under Emilio Aguinaldo as president.This eventually led General Jaudenes to surrender the City of Manila to Admiral Dewey, thus the liberation of the Philippines from the Spanish colonizers.Unfortunately, however, the Americans afterwards refused to recognize the participation of the Filipinos in the siege of the city and even deprived them of their rights as victors to triumphantly enter its gates.Just as his health was returning, a clerk from his outfit, Luis Baltazar, turned against him and notified the local Philippine Constabulary of his location at Mariveles, Bataan.He was frequently visited by old friends from the Philippine revolutionary war as well as U.S. government officials, including the vice-president of the United States under Theodore Roosevelt, Charles W. Fairbanks.Just as Ricarte's life was fading away into obscurity, World War II began and the Imperial Japanese Army invaded the Philippines.In 1942, when Japan's military forces occupied Manila, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo asked Ricarte to return to the Philippines to help maintain peace and order.Tojo thus promised Ricarte that if he could bring about peace and order in the Philippines within a year, the Japanese government would hand back to the Filipino people their independence.Sometime in November 1944, Gen. Artemio Ricarte informed his wife, Agueda that President Jose P. Laurel and his cabinet would have a meeting in Baguio with high-ranking Japanese officials and that he had to be present there.Before he left Baguio, Benigno Ramos, the leader-founder of Makapili, invited him over to his place (now the site of Christ the King Church in Quezon City).Ricarte was implored by colleagues to evacuate the Philippines but had refused, stating "I can not take refuge in Japan at this critical moment when my people are in actual distress.Furthermore, a landmark was inaugurated by historian Ambeth Ocampo, chairman of the National Historical Institute with a granddaughter of Ricarte in April 2002, at his grave in Hungduan.
BRP Artemio Ricarte (PS-37)Spanish namesurnameCommanding GeneralPhilippine Revolutionary ArmyEmilio AguinaldoAntonio LunaBatac, Ilocos NorteCaptaincy General of the PhilippinesSpanish EmpireHungduanIfugaoPhilippine CommonwealthDysenteryFirst Philippine RepublicRevolutionary GovernmentDictatorial GovernmentRepublic of Biak-na-BatoTejeros GovernmentKatipunanMagdiwangCaptain GeneralPhilippine RevolutionBattle of San Francisco de MalabonBattle of Binakayan-DalahicanBattle of Perez DasmariñasBattle of AlapanPhilippine–American WarBattle of Zapote RiverFilipinoChief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the PhilippinesPhilippine ArmyIlocos NorteManilatertiary educationColegio de San Juan de LetranBachelor of ArtsUniversity of Santo TomasGeneral TriasCaviteMariano Álvarezrevolutionary1872 Cavite mutinyMagdiwang CouncilLieutenant Generalnom-de-guerreTejeros ConventionAndres BonifacioBiak-na-BatoSan Miguel, BulacanSanta AnaGeorge DeweyManila BayWesley MerrittFermin JaudenesBilibidIrreconcilablesApolinario MabiniUnited States Army Transport ThomasPhilippinesHong KongPío del PilarPhilippine ConstabularyMariveles, BataanBilibid PrisonTheodore RooseveltCharles W. FairbanksLamma IslandKowloonYokohamaSpanish languageRizal DayBonifacio DaySetagayaWorld War IIImperial Japanese ArmyHideki TojoSecond Philippine RepublicJapanese puppet stateJose P. LaurelBaguioBenigno RamosMakapiliQuezon CityLibingan ng mga BayaniTomoyuki YamashitaBattle of Bessang PassUSAFIP-NLTagudin, Ilocos SurCordillera mountainshistorianAmbeth OcampoNational Historical InstituteYamashita ParkPoblacionVic VargasIshmael BernalPen MedinaEl PresidenteWayback MachineUniversity of the Philippines DilimanPre-revolutionary revoltsPropaganda MovementPalmero ConspiracyGomburzaCry of Pugad LawinBonifacio PlanKapampangan CounterrevolutionImus AssemblyElectionsSpanish–American WarHong Kong JuntaDeclaration of IndependenceMalolos CongressNegros RevolutionRepublic of NegrosFederal State of the VisayasRepublic of ZamboangaTreaty of ParisMoro RebellionPhilippine Autonomy Act of 1916Commonwealth of the PhilippinesTreaty of ManilaAmerican Anti-Imperialist LeagueIglesia Filipina IndependienteLa Liga Filipina