Stotsenburg Park
Parade Ground
Originally called “Pati” by the Aetas. Used by Kapampangan Katipuneros to stage attacks on Spanish troops, 1897. Became site of a Spanish Army outpost and later abandoned, 1898. Site of Filipino revolutionary attacks against American soldiers and part of revolutionary escape route, 1899 – 1906. Established as site of Fort Stotsenburg by the U.S. 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1902. Declared as U.S. Military Reservation by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, 1903. Used as vegetable garden tended by Filipinos during the Spanish occupation, 1942 – 1945. Became grounds for U.S. Military parades, 1902 – 1991.
Fort Stotsenburg
The Origins of Fort Stotsenburg
By October 1902, American forces had established more or less permanent quarters near the Angeles railroad station in an area of the town known as Talimundoc (now the Barangay of Lourdes Sur). The rumor is that cavalry foragers had come across a fertile plain further to the North, however, and that sweet grass was abundant in this area. (The U.S. Cavalry forces had encountered problems caused by the fact that their horses became sick and often died after eating Philippine “sawgrass”).
Whether this was, in fact, the genuine reason, by the latter part of 1902, plans were under consideration to relocate the American military reservation to this area near the barrio of Sapang Bato. The preliminary survey dates from 1902. In the following year, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an executive order, establishing Fort Stotsenburg in the location now occupied by Clark Air Base.
Fort Stotsenburg Posts
These posts stood at the Dau Gateway to Fort Stotsenburg and Clark Field from the early 1900s until the Japanese occupation of the area in 1942. The Japanese dug them up and used them for landfill. They were found buried intact, relocated in 1965 to the site of the former American Legion Post Clubhouse, and finally placed here in 1984.
Monument of Col. John Stotsenburg
Fort Stosenburg at Clark, Pampanga was named after US Cavalry Col. John M. Stotsenburg of the 1st Nebraska Volunteers. A graduate of the US Military Academy, he assisted in organizing the 1st Nebraska Volunteer Regiment and became its commander when the regiment was sent to the Philippines to fight against the Filipino revolutionaries of 1899.
Col. Stosenburg led his regiment in several campaigns and commanded more troops than any other Brigadier General on the field at the time. He died in action while leading his troops in a battle with Filipino revolutionaries near Quingwa, Bulacan on April 25, 1899.
Other Information Courtesy of visitclark.com
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