Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
AUGUST 28, 1851
Nazaria L. Lagos (August 28, 1851 – January 27, 1945), known as the “Florence Nightingale of Panay,” was born in Barrio Burongan, Laglag (now Dueñas), Iloilo.
During the Philippine Revolution, her house was used as a secret meeting place by revolutionary leaders under Gen. Martin Delgado while the family’s hacienda in Angaro served as a food and supply depot.
She built a hospital and nursed the sick and wounded revolutionaries. Lagos was a Red Cross leader who sewed the Philippine Flag raised at the Dueñas town square on June 12, 1899.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy)bAll rights reserved
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