LOOK: Memorial sites, ex-presidents’ tombs at Manila North Cemetery

The Manila North Cemetery is home not just to countless tombs of the departed. Some notable memorial sites and tombs of former presidents can also be found inside one of the oldest and biggest — at 54 hectares — cemeteries in Metro Manila.

Among the notable sites in the cemetery is the Boy Scouts cenotaph, which houses the remains of the 24 scouts who died in a plane crash on their way to the 11th World Scout Jamboree in Greece in 1963.

Boy scouts guard the tomb of the 24 Filipino scouts who died in a plane crash on their way to represent the country in the 11th World Jamboree in Marathon, Greece in 1963. PHOTO by Cathrine Gonzales/INQUIRER.net

The shrine for the Thomasites, a group of American teachers sent by the United States to the Philippines in 1901, is also in the Manila North Cemetery or Cementerio del Norte.

The Thomasites were sent by President William McKinley to establish a public school system shortly before he decided to colonize the country.

The Mausoleo de los Veteranos dela Revolucion is also one of the landmarks inside the cemetery. It is a national shrine for the men who fought in the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War.

In 1993, a resolution was passed to declare the site a national historical monument.

Tombs of former presidents are also inside the cemetery.

Former President Sergio Osmeña’s tomb at the Manila North Cemetery. PHOTO by Cathrine Gonzales/INQUIRER.net

Former President Manuel Roxas’ tomb at the Manila North Cemetery. PHOTO by Cathrine Gonzales/INQUIRER.net

Former President Ramon Magsaysay’s tomb at the Manila North Cemetery. PHOTO by Faye Orellana/INQUIRER.net

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