Note XXV-26 — Chapter XXV · DIVERS PHASES OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. 1819-1863.
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Gen. Herrera fell in battle, not in the state of Panamá, on the 4th of Dec., 1854, in defence of liberal institutions. The legislature of Pan., Sept. 22, 1855, decreed that several of his portraits should be placed in official halls. In Oct. 1857 it appropriated $3,000 to bring his remains to Panamá; in May 1868 a monument was decreed. A statue of the general was placed in the cathedral plaza of the city of Panamá. Pan., Gaceta del Est., Sept. 29, 1855; Id., Oct. 15, 1857; Pan., Boletin Ofic., Jan. 8, May 12, 1868.