I have known a couple of streets, avenues and highways here in the Philippines named after the Americans such as the McArthur Highway, Taft Avenue and McKinley St. Some are even named after a place in the United States like the New York St. and Times Square St in Cubao, Quezon City.
I never thought though that there is a road in a US state named after a place in the Philippines - the Bataan Memorial Highway in Indiana. The road commemorates the heroes of the Bataan Death March.
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Nice information. Bataan Highway in a Southern State is also good.
Cheers.
Well, the Philippines were at one time controlled by the U.S., so it's no surprise that there are a few streets with American names.
Hey, interesting find you've got here. It's good to know things like this ;-)
I had not noticed that. Interesting info. Big fan of the blog, keep up the nice work.
Regards Andy
hei, nice one.. guess you've been researching about bataan? haha. best regards! :)
Good to know about this. At least in street/highway name, we are still "brothers in arms".
History and war does have a way of bringing two peoples together and it's good to know that this memory is commemorated.
As long as the name has the right and honorable purpose, it should be fine.
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Ciao, just wanted to "leave my mark"(lolz) and I learned something.
Nagpaparamdam lang po!Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas my brother! Hugs and kisses to Mamang and Papang! All the best!
Wow!Really? I never know that...so proud to be a Filipino.
Thanks for sharing this information. I love to visit Bataan.
Had not heard this before, thanks for sharing, some very interesting info you have on the blog.
There were ties once upon a time between the US and Philippines. It's good to see these are not forgotten !
Very nice pictures and information :) I like your blog, keep up the good work!
This is one of those pieces of information that is just fun to know because I know I would have never looked it up on my own.
Maybe the US have done something in that part of the Phillipines and its a way of remembering. It actually confuses me but could well be true.
Great information. Picture is great too. Enjoy and keep blogging.
Thanks for interesting information!
Great blog! ;)
That must be a beautiful place I can bet. Thank you for sharing that info.
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Thanks for sharing such a nice information. Hope sometime i'll be there.
wow, indiana huh? I never would have guessed that that was the state that had it. great fact. will pass on to my friends. cheers!
Very informative article.Thanks for this.
that was an awesome post. seems worth trying out.
Thank you for that very informative post.
The US force spent a lot of time in the area during WWII, so it does not surprise me that there are streets with those names.
Definitely interesting.
It is nice to think that we are capable of reciprocating. Even if it is something simple like a street name :-)
check this out!
there are several places on Mars that
have Philippine names.
Heres the site that tells about it:
http://www.gov.ph/forum/thread.asp?rootID=12498&catID=20
gusto ko talga itong mga post about pinas hehe
interesting post!
The presence of couple of streets, avenues and highways in the Philippines named after the Americans such as the McArthur Highway, Taft Avenue shows the popularity of Americans in the world. This is one of the reasons why Americans should be proud.
Thanks for sharing with us
Thanks for sharing this information. I love to visit Bataan.
I was fascinated by your blog and had to research more and found that the Bataan Death March began at Mariveles on April 10, 1942. Any troops who fell behind were executed. It is very sad story
Nice place.. interesting vacation place..if got chance might will visit there too..
so what the conclusion? any relation with Bataan and US president? haha
get to know new things frem reading ur bloggie .. seriously , i dunno theres something lyke this ..
i wish i could drive that highway rather than the boring deserty ones i go on every other day... :/
~johnny
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