The Memorial Monument the 'Obelisk' is the focal center of the shrine which stand for peace.The Capas National Shrine was established as Camp O'Donnell in 1940 as a center for military training of the Filipino youth and transformed into a prisoner camp by the Japanese Imperial Forces after the fall of Bataan. Renamed Capas Prisoners of War Concentration Camp, some 60,500 Filipino and American soldiers were herded in this camp. --Deng Pangilinan