Heroes Walk, naipasdek para kadagiti Ilocano a banuar

Tunggal madanonan ti maika-tallopulo nga aldaw iti bulan ti Disiembre, lagipen ti pagilian ti kaaldawan dagiti nagbalin a banuar. Ngem iti Ilocos Norte, naidumduma ti pananglagip kadagiti bukod a banuar ti probinsia.

Daytoy a pananglagip kadagiti bukod a banuar ket nairubuat babaen ken ni Gob. Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos itay napan a bulan. Maysa a lugar iti paset ti “Sirib Mile” ti naituding ken napagbalin a “Heroes Walk” no sadinno a ti lamina dagiti siam a mabigbig nga Ilokano ket maimatangan.

Iti Heroes Walk, naintar ti “busts” da Juan ken Antonio Luna iti Badoc, Severino Montano ken Anastacia Giron Tupaz iti Siudad ti Laoag, Gregorio Aglipay, Artemio Ricarte ken Ferdinand E. Marcos iti Siudad ti Batac, Teofilo Yldefonso iti Piddig ken Josefa Llanes Escoda iti Dingras.

Ti lugar a nakaipasdekan ti Heroes Walk ket mismo a pinili ni Marcos gapu ta daytoy ti daladal dagiti naruay nga agad-adal a sumrek kadagiti pitu nga agga-abay a pagadalan iti Siudad ti Laoag a napagbalin a “Sirib Mile.”

Babaen iti kastoy a wagas, patien ti gobernador a ti agnanayon a pannakataldiap iti batonlaguip dagiti Ilokano a banuar ket inaldaw met a maipalagip kadagiti estudiante ti nagbalin a gapuanan ken bukod a kontribusion iti kagimongan ken iti entero a lubong.

Kabayatan ti inagurasion, kinuna ni Marcos a panawenen tapno maipasdek ti kastoy a lugar tapno agnanayon nga adda pakalaglagipan kadagiti bukod a banuar, nangnangruna kadagiti agtutubo a saan a makaammo iti pakasaritaan dagitoy a banuar.

“Nupay ita laeng a panawen a maipasdek dagitoy a batonlaguip mamatiak a dagitoy a lamina ket agserbi a pagwadan dagiti agtutubo tapno makapatanor manen kadagiti banuar iti daytoy a siglo,” kinuna ti gobernador.

Babaen iti “Heroes Walk” saanen a tinawen no di ket inaldaw ti pannakalaguip kadagitoy nga Ilokano a banuar. (PGIN-CMO)

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