The Revolutionary Period
On July 1, 1898, Gen. Mariano Llanera, then Military Governor of Nueva Ecija, appointed Don Marcelo Garcia, last Capitan Municipal during the Spanish Regime, as Presidente Municipal with Don Mariano Flores, last Teniente Mayor, as Vise Presidente Municipal. Later, under the supervisonal government, election of municipal officials was held. This revolutionary period of government existed until the American forces came in November 1898. It was during this period when the people showed their patriotism and loyalty to the cause of the revolution. On June 19,1898, two to three hundred Cuyapenos, under Teniente Isabelo del Valle of Paniqui, Tarlac, answered the call of duty and ambushed a heavily armed contingent of Spanish Cazadores who came from Rosales enroute to Tarlac in Bessang (now part of Barangay Maycaban. The Cuyapenos then had only fifteen (15) Remington rifles and the rest armed with bolos.
On July 1, 1898, Gen. Mariano Llanera, then Military Governor of Nueva Ecija, appointed Don Marcelo Garcia, last Capitan Municipal during the Spanish Regime, as Presidente Municipal with Don Mariano Flores, last Teniente Mayor, as Vise Presidente Municipal. Later, under the supervisonal government, election of municipal officials was held. This revolutionary period of government existed until the American forces came in November 1898. It was during this period when the people showed their patriotism and loyalty to the cause of the revolution. On June 19,1898, two to three hundred Cuyapenos, under Teniente Isabelo del Valle of Paniqui, Tarlac, answered the call of duty and ambushed a heavily armed contingent of Spanish Cazadores who came from Rosales enroute to Tarlac in Bessang (now part of Barangay Maycaban. The Cuyapenos then had only fifteen (15) Remington rifles and the rest armed with bolos.
The American Military Rule
The Americans arrived in Cuyapo in November 1899 and appointed Don Mariano B. Flores, then President of the Revolutionary Government as Municipal President. An accepted historical event during this period was the capture of Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime Paralytic, in the house of Zacarias B. Flores, brother of the Municipal President, on December 10, 1899. (To honor Apolinario Mabini on his 100th birthday, fitting ceremonies, upon approval of the Philippine Historical Commission (PHC) were held, headed by Mayor Democrito Jose on July 23, 1964. A marker was unveiled on the spot where the house in which Mabini was captured. Prof. Teodoro A. Agoncillo, a noted historian and Head of the Department of History of the University of the Philippines, was the guest speaker. Expenses for the construction of the marker were taken from the proceeds of the 1964 Cuyapo Town Fiesta).
The Americans arrived in Cuyapo in November 1899 and appointed Don Mariano B. Flores, then President of the Revolutionary Government as Municipal President. An accepted historical event during this period was the capture of Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime Paralytic, in the house of Zacarias B. Flores, brother of the Municipal President, on December 10, 1899. (To honor Apolinario Mabini on his 100th birthday, fitting ceremonies, upon approval of the Philippine Historical Commission (PHC) were held, headed by Mayor Democrito Jose on July 23, 1964. A marker was unveiled on the spot where the house in which Mabini was captured. Prof. Teodoro A. Agoncillo, a noted historian and Head of the Department of History of the University of the Philippines, was the guest speaker. Expenses for the construction of the marker were taken from the proceeds of the 1964 Cuyapo Town Fiesta).
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