Guingona park
Guingona park is located at what used to be the public square or plaza of Butuan for many years. It is home to a large acacia tree that is more than a century old. On its ground is the Shrine of the Philippine Flag in Mindanao to commemorate the first fiormal raising of the Philippine Flag in Mindanao on January 17, 1899. THe Giant Flag stays hoisted there night and day. The Rizal monument was done by the famous FIlipino sculpture, Garcia Velarde, in 1935, and this qualifies to be an important Cultural Propert under the Cultural Heritage Act of 2009.
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