Commemorating the bravery of the Filipino heroes 83 years ago today happened simultaneously in different parts of Rizal Province.
At the Rizal Police Provincial Office headquarters in Taytay, Rizal, uniformed policemen started the day with a 21-gun salute and the wreath-laying event as part of the nationwide observance of 83rd Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) today, April 9.
Rizal Police Provincial Office cops render a salute in front of the bust of Gen. Licerio Geronimo in Taytay, Rizal (photo by Rizal PPO)
Cops performs the 21-gun salute in observance of the Araw ng Kagitingan at the police headquarters in Taytay, Rizal on April 9
(photo from Rizal PPO's Facebook page)
Following the gun salute by seven policemen, Rizal police director Col. Felipe Maraggun led his personnel in offering a wreath at the foot of the bust of General Licerio Geronimo, a local hero who fought during the Philippine revolution against the Spanish colonizers before 1898 and the Philippine-American war later in 1899.
Geronimo, who hailed from Montalban, Rizal, was credited for leading his men in the Philippine American War in the Battle of San Mateo that led to the death of American Army General Henry Ware Lawton, the first US general who was killed in the Philippine-American War and the first US officer killed overseas.
Police Col. Felipe Maraggun leads the wreath-laying ceremony on Araw ng Kagitingan (photo from Rizal PPO)
In Angono, policemen also offered flowers at Plaza Rizal to commemorate the Fall of Bataan, which later became known as the Araw ng Kagitingan, when some 64,000 Filipino soldiers and 12,000 American troops were surrendered to the Japanese forces in 1942. 
Angono Police and local government officials lead the wreath- laying event at Plaza Rizal in Angono(photo from Angono Tourism's FB page)
Similar events commemorating the bravery of the Filipino soldiers in World War 2 were also observed in other parts of the province.