ROMANCE WITH HISTORY | Leonor Rivera's piano to be finally returned to Dagupan
ROMANCE WITH HISTORY | Leonor Rivera's piano to be finally returned to Dagupan InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 DAGUPAN CITY -- The provincial government of Bulacan has agreed to turn over to Dagupan City the piano of Leonor Rivera, a childhood sweetheart of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal, Dagupan City Councilor Jeslito Seen said. Seen, chairman of the committee on arts and culture of the Dagupan City council, said the National Cultural Commission (NCC) helped facilitate the negotiation for the transfer of Rivera's piano to Dagupan City. He said NCC, at the request of the city of Dagupan, talked to officials of the Bulacan provincial government, which agreed to the turnover on a still unspecified date next year. Record showed the Riveras lived in Dagupan City from 1890 to 1891 and it is where Leonor learned how to play the piano. On June 7, 1890, Leonor married Henry Kipping, an English engineer who was among those working on the construction of the Ca