A few days ago, it was announced that incoming President Bongbong Marcos will have his oath-taking at the National Museum of the Philippines.
We do not know yet the reason why he chose it to be the site of his oath-taking at the end of this month. But it makes me wonder if he is aware that it was at the National Museum where his parents had first met.
It was in 1954. The building wasn't a museum yet; it was still known as the Legislative Building where the elder Marcos, already 36, was then a congressman, representing Ilocos Norte's 2nd district. Imelda was only 24 at that time. She was accompanying Paz Gueco, the wife of her cousin Daniel RomuƔldez (old enough to be her father) who was the Speaker Pro Tempore. They were to fetch him that night.
When Marcos first saw Imelda (the statuesque young lady was wearing only a pambahay with matching slippers), he was smitten in an instant. He asked helped from his fellow congressmen to bring him to her. But since they knew who she was (the cousin of their Speaker Pro Tempore), they didn't dare assist him. Finally, Marcos prevailed upon his friend, Congressman Jacobo Gonzales of La Laguna's 1st district, to make the necessary introductions. The problem was that Gonzales didn't know who Imelda was. So when he approached her, Imelda could only tell him: "And who are you?" 
After they had been introduced to each other, Congressman Ferdinand Marcos announced to his colleagues an hour later that he and Imelda were going to tie the knot. One of the fastest engagements in history.
Will Bongbong mention this trivia on his first speech as president?
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