Friday, July 25, 2008

The House of Roxas


In this house shown above, Manuel A. Roxas was born on January 1, 1892, some 116 years ago. This house is situated at corner Rizal St. and Zamora St., Roxas City.
Roxas was the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and first president of the Republic of the Philippines (1946-1948). Roxas is dubbed as Fiery Orator, dignified statesman, realistic economist, and true patriot.
He was the third son of Gerardo Roxas and Rosario Acuña. Roxas became a lawyer in 1913; councilor in 1917; provincial governor in 1919; and speaker, House of Represen-tatives in 1922-1934. He was Secretary of Finance in 1938. He was Senator and became Senate President in 1945-1946.
He died of heart attack on April 15, 1948 in Angeles, Pampanga while delivering speech in defense of democracy in Clark Field. /MP

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