Hiking Mt. Pinagbanderahan
Located in the Atimonan side of the Quezon National Forest Park in the province of Quezon, Pinagbanderahan is a historic and "strategic" part of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. Mt. Mirador / Mt. Pinagbanderahan Pinagbanderahan History It is commonly and erroneously referred to by many as Mt. Pinagbanderahan . However, its real name is actually Mt. Mirador and it is part of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. The name Pinagbanderahan came from the Filipino phrase "place where the flag was hoisted". The peak got its name from the historic flag hoisting events in the different eras of Philippine history. The first flag was hoisted on the mountain's peak during the Philippine Revolution. Mt. Pinagbanderahan - Atimonan, Quezon The Filipino revolutionaries hoisted the Philippine flag after kicking out the Spanish colonizers from the province. A few years later, the Americans hoisted The Old Glory on the mountain's peak after successfully defeating the...