December 8 (Thursday) is a ‘special non-working holiday’ in Angeles City as residents commemorate its 187th Foundation Day. Republic Act 8315 declares “December 8 of every year a Special Nonworking Holiday” in Angeles City. In 1796, Don Ángel Pantaleón de Miranda, then the ‘gobernadorcillo’ or town head of San Fernando, and his wife, Doña Rosalía de Jesús, found a new settlement north of Pampanga province, which they named Culiát, after the endemic vines in the area. Culiat became a barrio of San Fernando for 33 years and a municipality on December 8, 1829. The new municipality was renamed “El Pueblo de los Ángeles” in honor of its patron saints, the Holy Angels, and the name of its founder, Don Ángel.
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