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Then & Now - Tomas Pinpin

December 4, 2008

On the afternoon of March 17, 1957, the President Ramon Magsaysay’s plane was found to have crashed on Mount Manunggal, Asturias, Cebu. All the people on board including the president were killed.

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(Escolta - 1957 Photo)

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A few days later on March 22, 1957, Magsaysay was given a funeral with over 2 million people attending, being one of the largest funeral procession in our history.


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(Escolta - 1957 Photo)

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(Escolta cor Tomas Pinpin - Oct 2008 Photo)

The two pictures above were both taken at the corner of Escolta and Tomas Pinpin Streets. The new picture was fifty one years after the historic funeral march.

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