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    Tarlac was originally part of Pampanga and Pangasinan provinces and was the last Central Luzon province organized under Spanish rule in 1874. It was one of the first provinces to rise up against Spain in 1896 and briefly served as the capital of the first Philippine Republic in 1899 when Emilio Aguinaldo fled Malolos. During WWII, Camp O'Donnell in Capas became the site of the infamous Bataan Death March and many POWs died there. Tarlac was liberated by combined Filipino and American troops on January 20, 1945 against the Japanese. Tarlac is the home province of several prominent Filipinos including former President Corazon Aquino and President-

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    Tarlac was originally part of Pampanga and Pangasinan provinces and was the last Central Luzon province organized under Spanish rule in 1874. It was one of the first provinces to rise up against Spain in 1896 and briefly served as the capital of the first Philippine Republic in 1899 when Emilio Aguinaldo fled Malolos. During WWII, Camp O'Donnell in Capas became the site of the infamous Bataan Death March and many POWs died there. Tarlac was liberated by combined Filipino and American troops on January 20, 1945 against the Japanese. Tarlac is the home province of several prominent Filipinos including former President Corazon Aquino and President-

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    Tarlac was originally part of Pampanga and Pangasinan provinces and was the last Central Luzon province organized under Spanish rule in 1874. It was one of the first provinces to rise up against Spain in 1896 and briefly served as the capital of the first Philippine Republic in 1899 when Emilio Aguinaldo fled Malolos. During WWII, Camp O'Donnell in Capas became the site of the infamous Bataan Death March and many POWs died there. Tarlac was liberated by combined Filipino and American troops on January 20, 1945 against the Japanese. Tarlac is the home province of several prominent Filipinos including former President Corazon Aquino and President-

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    JULYCA MEI D.

    SANTIAGO

    PETER JOHN TEVES

    HISTORY OF TARLAC

    Tarlac's name is a Hispanized derivation from a talahib weed called in Ilokano word "Malatarlak". Tarlac
    was originally a part of the provinces of Pampanga and Pangasinan. It was the last Central Luzon
    province to be organized under the Spanish administration in 1874. During the Philippine Revolution of
    1896, Tarlac was one of the first eight provinces to rise in arms against Spain. It became the new seat of
    the first Philippine Republic in March 1899 when Emilio Aguinaldo abandoned the former capital,
    Malolos, Bulacan. This lasted only for a month, as the seat was moved to Nueva Ecija in Aguinaldo's
    attempt to elude the pursuing Americans.

    On October 23, 1899, Gregorio Aglipay, military vicar general of the revolutionary forces, called the
    Filipino clergy to a conference in Paniqui. There, they drafted the constitution of the Philippine
    Independent Church. They called for the Filipinization of the clergy, which eventually led to a schism in
    the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.

    Tarlac was captured by American forces in November 1899. A civil government was established in the
    province in 1901. During the World War II, Camp O'Donnell in Capas became the terminal point of the
    infamous "Bataan Death March", involving Filipino and American soldiers who surrendered in Bataan on
    April 9, 1942. The camp was so overcrowded that many allied prisoners who survived the grueling march
    died here of hunger and disease.

    In the beginning of 1945, American & Filipino forces with the Filipino guerillas liberated Camp O'Donnell.
    The Raid at Capas resulted in the rescue of American, Filipino and other allied Prisoners of War.

    On January 20, 1945, Tarlac was recaptured by combined Filipino and American troops together with the
    guerrilla fighters against the Japanese Imperial forces during the liberation.

    In the early 1950s, Tarlac was the hotbed of the Huks, a local communist movement. It was suppressed
    at first but had resurgence in 1965.

    Tarlac is the home province of Corazon C. Aquino (1933-2009), President of the Philippines (1986-1992)
    and her husband, former Senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., whose assassination at the Manila International
    Airport in 1983 started the protest movement against the Marcos dictatorship, which culminated in the
    People Power Revolution of 1986. Former President Aquino was a member of the Cojuangco family, one
    of the richest in the country.

    Tarlac is also the home province of Benigno S. Aquino III, who is the President-elect of the Philippines
    who will be taking office on June 30, 2010.

    Tarlac is also the home province of General Carlos P. Romulo (from the town of Camiling), who served as
    president of the University of the Philippines, Philippine ambassador to the United Nations, president of
    the General Assembly and chairman of the Security Council.

    Tarlac is also the home province of Onofre D. Corpuz, also from the town of Camiling, who served as
    president of the University of the Philippines and secretary of education. It is also the home province of
    actress-turned-politician, Vilma Santos, who is the incumbent governor of Batangas province.

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