LIST: Most Wanted Local Artifacts
A personal list of most wanted artifacts for Bayambang's museum collection:
- facsimile of the first Pangasinan-Spanish dictionary by Cosgaya
- Aguinaldo's declaration of Bayambang as fifth capital of the First Philippine Republic
- a copy of Lacuesta’s "Bayambang Post" community newspaper
- a copy of theses compiling local folk tales and folk songs
- the last issue of "La Independencia" that was published here
- the printing press buried at Estacion during the Revolution
- copies of the local publication "Babasaey Ombaley" during the Filipino-Spanish War
- an old bicycle during the time of Lacuesta (the father of Philippine cycling)
- an old taltagan that will remind of Col. Ramsey's exploits here during the Filipino-American war against the Japanese Army
- artifacts from WWII: the huge concrete markers of Camp Gregg
- personal objects from famous personages from this town aside from those that we have collected
Why these artifacts? Because they are associated with historical events of national significance and local events and accomplishments that can be considered watershed moments in the annals of the town, moments that help define the town's identity through significant communal memory. ...
...And yet these are nowhere to be found.
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