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Memorare-Manila

MEMORIAL BY PETER DE GUZMAN
THE CENTRAL FIGURE IS A WOMAN, QUITE LARGE, DOMINANT IN SIZE AND PROPORTION, SHE IS THE MOTHERLAND – SHE WEEPS AS SHE HOLDS AN INFANT, THE SYMBOL OF HOPE, BUT THE INFANT IS DEAD – IT REPRESENTS LOST HOPE.

THE FEMALE FIGURE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS A VICTIM OF RAPE, THERE IS AN INFANT CLINGING TO HER. ON THE LEFT SIDE IS A MAN STILL ALIVE LOOKING CONFUSED AND DISORIENTED - DESPAIR ON HIS FACE. THE YOUNG BOYS ARE DEAD – REPRESENTING THE YOUTH THAT THE COUNTRY LOST. THE DEAD MAN LYING IN FRONT PORTRAYS THE ELDERLY WHO WERE CAUGHT IN THE BATTLE.

MEMORARE – MANILA 1945
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF WAR, MANY OF WHOM WENT NAMELESS AND UNKNOWN TO A COMMON GRAVE, OR EVEN NEVER KNEW A GRAVE AT ALL, THEIR BODIES HAVING BEEN CONSUMED BY FIRE OR CRUSHED TO DUST BENEATH THE RUBBLE OF RUINS.
LET THIS MONUMENT BE THE GRAVESTONE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE OVER 100,000 MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN AND INFANTS KILLED IN MANILA DURING ITS BATTLE OF LIBERATION, FEBRUARY 3 – MARCH 3, 1945. WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THEM, NOR SHALL WE EVER FORGET.
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AS PART NOW OF THE SACRED GROUND OF THIS CITY; THE MANILA OF OUR AFFECTIONS.
FEBRUARY 18, 1995



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