Imus Heritage Park

{{Short description|Memorial park in Cavite, Philippines}}

{{use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}

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| location = Imus, Cavite, Philippines

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| designation = National Historic Landmark (1993)

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The Imus Heritage Park is a memorial park in Imus, Cavite, Philippines commemorating the Battle of Alapan. It is known for the Shrine of the National Flag of the Philippines (Filipino: Dambana ng Pambansang Watawat ng Pilipinas){{cite news |last1=Abrina |first1=Dennis |title=Imus City marks 121st 'Battle of Alapan' Day |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1070892 |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=Philippine News Agency |date=28 May 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Old national flags are burned in Imus, Cavite |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/697380/old-national-flags-are-burned-in-imus-cavite/story/ |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=GMA News |date=11 June 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Austere ceremony to mark National Flag Day in Imus, Cavite |url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/05/25/austere-ceremony-to-mark-national-flag-day-in-imus-cavite/ |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=25 May 2020}}

The National Historical Commission of the Philippines recognizes the Imus Heritage Park as a National Historic Landmark through Resolution No. 5 of May 26, 1993.{{cite web |title=Resolution No. 05, S. 1993 – Declaring the Site of the Battle of Alapan in Barrio Alapan, Imus, Cavite, as a National Historical Landmark; |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9c6mrxI4zoYRzIyS2djUGFlMTQ/view?resourcekey=0-Gug-RgP3z2SOloGP-gfmRg |publisher=National Historical Institute |access-date=4 September 2021}} The park has also been a venue for National Flag Day commemorations.

The park covers an area of {{convert|5|ha|acre}}, purportedly at the site where the Battle of Alapan occurred. It also features a {{convert|35.05|m|ft|abbr=on}} flagpole, which used to be the old Independence Flagpole in Rizal Park in Manila.{{cite news |last1=Cinco |first1=Maricar |title='Cremation' of torn, faded PH flags set at historic battle site |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1124369/cremation-of-torn-faded-ph-flags-set-at-historic-battle-site |access-date=4 September 2021 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=29 May 2019 |language=en}} In 2019, a sanctum of Katipunan revolutionary flags was unveiled at the National Flag Shrine.{{cite news |last1=De Vera |first1=Ellalyn |last2=Noriega |first2=Richa |title=Imus' sanctum of flags unveiled today |url=https://mb.com.ph/2019/06/11/imus-sanctum-of-flags-unveiled-today/ |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=11 June 2019}}

A {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=on}} sculpture, Inang Laya ('Mother of Freedom'), created by visual artist Sandro Pakingan Castrillo, was introduced in 2020{{cite news |title=LOOK: Inang Laya |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/05/29/latest-stories/breakingnews/inang-laya/728013 |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=The Manila Times |date=29 May 2020 |language=en}} and formally inaugurated on May 28, 2023. The statue is located at the center of the amphitheater in that area.{{cite news |title=LOOK: Inang Laya |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/28/imus-commemorates-national-flag-day-with-inauguration-of-inang-laya-monument |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=29 May 2023 |language=en}}