“AFTER more than a century, the three Balangiga bells taken as war booty by United States (US) troops from Eastern Samar in 1901 will soon be returned to the Philippines.

Rolando Borrinaga, a member of the sub-commission on Cultural Heritage of the National Committee on Historical Research, said the US is slated to hold a ceremony at the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming on November 15 (Manila time) for the repatriation of the two church bells.

‘This will mark the beginning of the journey of the two Wyoming bells back to the church from which they were taken. The Wyoming bells will now be able to begin their journey home,’ the prominent Eastern Visayan historian announced Monday, November 15, in a Facebook post.

Borrinaga said the third Balangiga bell, which was kept at a US Army museum in South Korea, was crated weeks ago and ready for shipment home…”

Article link:  https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1773763/Manila/Local-News/Historian-Balangiga-bells-to-begin-journey-home