THREE lawmakers filed a measure that seeks to establish the National Filipino Youth Museum to honor the young Filipinos who contributed to the quest for freedom in the country.

House Bill 260 or the proposed National Filipino Youth Museum Act of 2022 was filed by Kabataan Party-list Representative Raoul Manuel, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro and Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas.

In their explanatory note, the lawmakers said that the Filipino youth played key roles in the nation’s historic struggle for liberation, justice, peace and prosperity.

They added that a national institution dedicated to the heritage, heroism and martyrdom of the Filipino youth should be established.

“The youth’s historic contributions to people’s struggle for freedom, rights, and equality should not go unvalued and unnoticed, leaving a gap in our collective memory as a nation,” the lawmakers said.

The bill aims to commemorate the Filipino youth’s heroism and to profile the specific achievements that the youth have made in all aspects of Philippine society.

“Knowledge of the Filipino youth’s contributions to nation-building is crucial in developing people’s appreciation of history, which in turn will aid them in discerning and rejecting any attempts its revision and to challenge the youth of today in heeding the call to fulfill their role as the hope of our nation,” the lawmakers stressed.