Bulacan officials, press club mark 170th birth anniversary of Marcelo H. Del Pilar

BULAKAN, BULACAN– Selected local officials here and members of the Bulacan Press Club on Sunday honored the town’s “greatest son” –propagandist and writer Marcelo H. Del Pilar, the acknowledged father of Philippine journalism — during his 170th birth anniversary.

The celebration was very simple capped with wreath laying activities infont of Dambana ni Marcelo H. Del Pilar in Sitio Cupang, Brgy. San Nicolas in this town amid the dreaded coronavirus disease pandemic. 

Vice Gov. Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado and town Mayor Vergel Meneses led other public officials including town police chief Lt. Col. Moner Orang and Mason representative Angelo de Leon. 

Some members of the Bulacan Press Club led by its president Jenny Raymundo of Mabuhay newspaper said: “Bahagi ng tradisyunal na pag-alaala at aktibong pakikilahok sa pagdiriwang ng kapanganakan ni Gat Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Ama ng Panulat sa bansa, peryodista, propagandista, abogado, mason ngayong taon, muling ibinalik  ng Bulacan Press Club ang pag-aalay ng bulaklak na gawa sa diyaryo”.

She added, ang bulaklak na gawa sa mga pahina ng diyaryo na sinusulatan ng mga miyembro ng Bulacan Press Club ay sumisimbolo kay Del Pilar bilang isang mamamahayag. 

On the part of Mayor Meneses, he said that we must remember especially the youth, what De Pilar did to our country, the patriotism, bravery and intelligence as exemplified by his works as a lawyer, as a revolutionary and as a propagandist. 

Del Pilar was a key figure in the struggle against Spanish occupation, and one of the leaders of the Philippine Propaganda Movement.

He became the editor-in-chief of La Solidaridad, the newspaper of Filipino propagandists who pushed for the Philippines to become a province of Spain and afford the citizens the same rights with those in the mainland.
Del Pilar was born on August 30, 1850 in Cupang, San Nicolas, Bulakan, Bulacan and died on July 4, 1896 in Barcelona, Spain.

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