Bataan Historical Society

  FOUNDATION DAY OF THE BATAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY January 11, 1757 The Foundation of Bataan Is Our Foundation The Bataan Historical Society does not recognize a Foundation Day based on the birthday, initiative, registration, or declaration of any single individual. Instead, its symbolic Foundation Day shall be the historical Foundation Day of the Province of Bataan itself: January 11, 1757. This principle reflects the very nature of the Society: The Bataan Historical Society was not created to glorify a founder. It exists to preserve the history of a people. Therefore, no individual may claim that the historical identity of the Bataan Historical Society began with him or her. Its foundation is symbolically rooted in the establishment of Bataan as a province . Its founder is the people of Bataan . Its inheritance is the collective history of the province. Its responsibility belongs to the present generation. And its future belongs to the generations of Bataeño historians yet to com...