5/01/2010

PhotoHunt#86 Black Walls of Capas National Shrine

The black marble walls looked mysterious under the bright, blue summer sky. They are mute reminders of the thousands of Filipino and American soldiers who died during the Bataan Death March and their subsequent stay in Capas Concentration Camp or Camp O' Donnell.

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The walls were etched with the names of the dead soldiers.

These photos were taken at Capas National Shrine, Tarlac. More photos here and here.

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5 comments:

Carmen Araneta said...

Hi, great photo shoots!

magiceye said...

wonderful perspectives!

sad reminder ..

Alice Audrey said...

You really captures the impressiveness of the monument.

jams o donnell said...

That is such a moving memorial. A very sombre choice for this week's theme.

healingmagichands said...

Great shots of a beautiful memorial. Too sad that we are still killing our children in wars.

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