*American survivors of the balangiga massacre pose with a Balangiga Bell in Calbayog Samar in April 1902
THEN AND NOW
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming , U.S.A
Wayback 1902
DID YOU KNOW?!
*Balangiga bells are three church bells taken by the United States Army from the town church of Balangiga, Eastern Samar in the Philippines as War Trophies after reprisals following the balangiga massacre on September 28, 1901 during the Philippine-American War
*One church bell is in the possession of the 9th Infantry Regiment at Camp Red Cloud their base in South Korea
*While two others are on a former base of the 11th Infantry Regiment at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne Wyomming
*Today, United States returns Balangiga bells to Philippines a century after clash
*The bells are expected to arrive in the Philippines in December 2018
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