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'While other parts of the country, especially Manila, were already pushing campaigns about the 50th anniversary of Martial Law, Ilocos Norte was a different picture.' ML50 SaysayNgKasaysayan Opinion
It was a humid morning when I arrived in Batac. Hungry, I hopped off the bus and started walking around in search of a quick meal. I checked my social media feed and saw a stream of posts about the commemoration of the 50anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law. Online friends were posting images of protest actions, changing profile pictures to say, “Never Again, Never Forget.
I did not make much of this notion the first time, but when it was repeated by others, it made me think about the importance of really understanding their context — generational, social, cultural, and perhaps spatial — if we seek to really make better sense of their political participation.
Walking around Batac and Laoag, I could not escape my training in history. The many monuments and murals dedicated to Ferdinand Marcos Sr. did not only remind me about Ilocos Norte being his hometown and their family’s political stronghold, it also reminded me of the relevance of public history. Thus, I decided to revisit the many museums in the province. It was after these visits that things made more sense. Within the galleries of these museums, especially those dedicated to Marcos Sr.
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