Pasay City wants a historical marker at Cory-Ninoy wedding site

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(via inquirer.net) The city council of Pasay approved a resolution on Friday requesting the National Historical Institute (NHI) to place a marker at the a small church where the late president Corazon ‘Cory’ Aquino and martyred senator Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino were married.

Councilor Noel Bayona, the proponent of the resolution, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by phone that the place where the couple exchanged their vows was unknown to many.

Cory and Ninoy were married at Our Lady of Sorrows Church on F.B. Harrison Street, Pasay City, on October 11, 1954.

The resolution said that by placing a historical marker where the Aquinos celebrated important events in their lives, particularly the place where they were married, “their lives are forever remembered by the country.”

“During the dark days of martial rule in the country, the late senator Aquino had carried on the crusade of fighting the dictatorship and the restoration of the democracy which eventually led to his assassination at the international airport,” the resolution said.

The resolution added that the senator did not die in vain as his advocacies were continued by his wife.

On Monday, the city council will send the request and a copy of the resolution to the NHI headquarters.