On Philippine History and Culture



When we think of war and the great tragedy it imposes on those left behind to remember it, we often do so with great solemnity, anger, and pain...

The Battle of Manila is a war that speaks hundreds of stories and destroyed hundreds of lives, yet history overlooks the gore of the catastrophic battle...

James Scott’s lecture about the Battle of Manila gave me my first real glimpse into the horrors of the first and only urban battle...

I believe that we, as a nation, had lost a great and integral portion of our written and unwritten history when the bombs and artillery fell...

The relevance of the Battle of Manila in the wider scope of Philippine history cannot be understated, as it remains the bloody climax...

A C-47 transport plane named Lili Marlene arrived in Manila, along with other aircraft and military...

In the Philippines, jazz music was first introduced in the 1920s during the American colonial period...