Nieva Quezon-Burdick remembers brother August, a Martial Law martyr

Nieva Quezon Burdick (inset, topmost left) remembers her brother August Quezon, a young activist during Martial Law in Manila. The family respects him greatly while silent grief hounds them. Their father’s dying wish was to bury the remains of his son along with his.

In the words of writer Pete Lacaba, it was the First Quarter Storm that saw youthful activism, a period of political resistance in the Philippines, when Pres. Marcos cloaked the country under Martial rule. Here is one memorabilia of the late August Quezon by his sister Nieva Quezon-Burdick.

A student in Manila, the young Quezon went underground during Martial Law and was killed in a massacre about a year later. To his sister and their bereaved family, Quezon was a hero for the many faceless, voiceless farmers in the Philippines. “He stood for justice. He was brave and right,” said Nieva of her elder brother.

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