Baguio City- Get ready to travel back in time this September as Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) joins Baguio City’s commemoration of the surrender of General Tomoyuki Yamashita 78 years ago. Come and explore the stories of World War II through PVB’s engaging World War II Traveling Exhibit at the Baguio Convention and Cultural Center on September 3-12, 2023.
Entitled “War of Our Fathers,” the exhibit honors the bravery of Filipino soldiers and the resilience of the Filipino people during World War II through photographs, memorabilia, and artifacts. One highlight is the detailed look at Baguio City during the 1940s Japanese occupation, leading up to its liberation upon General Yamashita’s surrender on September 3, 1945.
The exhibit will open on September 3 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to be led by PVB President and Acting CEO Renato A. Claravall with invited dignitaries Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong, Defense Undersecretary and Administrator of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office Reynaldo B. Mapagu, US Ambassador to the Philippines Mary Kay Carlson.
The PVB WWII Traveling Exhibit now incorporates new panels that welcome the entry of post-WW II veterans and retirees of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, along with their surviving spouses, orphans, and compulsory heirs, as PVB stockholders.
Since its inaugural year in 2006, PVB’s WW II Traveling Exhibit has gone around the Philippines to showcase local war stories and the heroism and bravery of local heroes. The exhibit aims to increase, if not reawaken, the awareness of young Filipinos on how Filipino soldiers fought during WWII to gain the freedom and independence that the country now enjoys.,
The exhibit is open to the public from September 3 to September 12, 2023, for free. Join us in honoring the past, learning from it, and valuing the freedom we have today.
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