page_title: Hopevale Martyrs
section_title: Memorial
hierarchical_section_title: Hopevale Martyrs / Memorial
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaque to the Hopevale Martyrs located at Central Philippine University, Iloilo, the Philippines.
context_page_description: The Hopevale Martyrs were Christian martyrs who died during the World War II in the present day Hopevale, Aglinab, Tapaz, Capiz, Philippines. The martyrs were Jennie Clare Adams, Prof. James Howard Covell, Charma Moore Covell, Dorothy Antoinette Dowell, Signe Amelia Erikson, Dr. Frederick Willer-Meyer, Ruth Schatch Meyer, Dr. Francis Howard Rose, Gertrude Coombs Rose, Rev. Erle Frederich Rounds, Louise Cummings Rounds, and Erle Douglas. There were also three children, one name Erle Rounds Jr, were also bayoneted. Despite the order that these Americans should go home because of the war, they refused to leave their mission and eventually offered their lives when they were caught by the enemies.
  During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, the eleven American Baptist missionaries refused to surrender to the Japanese troops. The martyrs took refuge in the mountains of Barrio Katipunan, Tapaz, Capiz. They hid in the forest they call "Hopevale" with the help of their Filipino friends.
  On December 19, 1943, Hopevale fell into Japanese hands. The martyrs begged to free the Filipino captives and instead offered themselves as ransom.
context_section_description: There is a cross marker on top of the common grave of these martyrs in Hopevale near the place where they were bayoneted to death. A replica of this marker also stands at Central Philippine University. There is also a plaque on the campus of CPU as well.
caption: Plaque to the Hopevale Martyrs located at Central Philippine University, Iloilo, the Philippines
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