Editing Imus (section)

===Early history===
[[File:Imus Bridge of Isabel II.jpg|left|thumb|291x291px|[[Bridge of Isabel II]] early 1900's]]
Like [[Cavite City]] (originally called ''Cavite La Punta'') and [[Noveleta]] (''La Tierra Alta''), Imus used to be a part of Cavite el Viejo (now [[Kawit]]), whose [[parish church]] was built by the [[Jesuits]] during the administration of [[Archdiocese of Manila]] [[Archbishop]] Miguel Garcia Serrano, 1618–1629. For more than a century and a half the people of Imus had to endure walking or traveling {{convert|4.5|km|sp=us}} of dirt road to attend religious services or transact official business in the city proper. The difficulty of communication between Imus and Cavite el Viejo was a long-standing complaint of the Imuseños until another religious order, the [[Augustinian Recollects]], as a consequence of the [[British occupation of Manila]] in 1762, established a parish church in Imus, in what is now known as Bayang Luma.

However, the [[Church (building)|church]] site was far from the estate house of the {{convert|11100|ha|acre}} [[hacienda]] acquired in 1686 by the Recollect Corporation, and when the church was destroyed by the strong [[typhoon]] of September 1779, the Recollect Friars transferred it to barrio Toclong, and finally to sitio de Balangon, now the city plaza of Imus.

With the establishment of the Recollect parish the people of Imus gained their religious emancipation from the Jesuit-run parish of Cavite el Viejo. The Recollects, however, would not be content with little victory or achievement. In 1774, Recollect Fr. Pedro San Buenaventura petitioned the government to "separate the ''inquilinos'' (tenants) of Imus from the political jurisdiction of the government of "Cavite el Viejo". After a considerable time of waiting, the petition was granted and Imus became an independent municipality on October 3, 1795.

On May 28, 1898, Imus gained its independence from Spanish colonial rule after the last remaining stronghold of forces from the Spanish empire had been defeated in the [[Battle of Alapan]] as headed by General [[Emilio Aguinaldo]]. This battle led to the [[Philippine Declaration of Independence]] in Kawit, Cavite June 12, 1898. The modern flag of the Philippines was first unfurled in victory during this battle as they march their way to the present day Cavite City, together with the captured forces of Spain.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Aguinaldo|first1=Emilio|title=Exhibit No. 71|journal=Philippine Insurgent Records|volume= 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential Proclamation No. 374|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1965/03/06/proclamation-no-374-s-1965/|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|access-date=February 1, 2015|date=March 6, 1965}}</ref>

In commemoration of the event, a Battle of Alapan marker was constructed inside the compound of Alapan Elementary School on May 28, 1998, and was inaugurated by President [[Fidel V. Ramos]]. Although on May 28, 2014, a new marker and the Imus National Heritage Park were inaugurated at Barangay Alapan 2-A to make the initially constructed marker more accessible to the public.

On October 15, 1903, the [[Taft Commission|Philippine Commission]] enacted Act No. 947, merging the adjacent towns of [[Bacoor]] and [[Dasmariñas|Perez-Dasmariñas]] with Imus.<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=947|title=An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Cavite to Eleven|url=https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/legislative%2Bissuances/Act%20No.%20947|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001125915/https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/legislative%2Bissuances/Act%20No.%20947|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2023|date=October 15, 1903|accessdate=June 17, 2023}}</ref> Bacoor was later separated from Imus in 1906, followed by Perez-Dasmariñas in 1917.<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=1551|title=An act increasing the number of municipalities in the province of Cavite from eleven to twelve, by separating from Imus the former municipality of Bacoor and giving the latter the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of act numbered 947|url=https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/legislative%2Bissuances/Act%20No.%201551|date=October 24, 1906|accessdate=June 17, 2023}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>