inappropriate trophies of war
"The Bells of Balangiga have as much significance to the Filipino people as the Liberty Bell does to the American people," said Rodel Rodis, San Francisco Community College trustee and organizer of the event, to the gathering of about 50 in the church.The bells are a souvenir of the 1901 scorching of Samar province by the U.S. Army, which left 50,000 (?) Filipinos dead.
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