A 14-meter Inang Bayan Monument designed by sculptor Eduardo Castrillo stands on the grounds of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Center, depicting the self-sacrifice of a fallen figure of a man, held in one hand by the rising figure of a woman who symbolizes the Motherland (Inang Bayan), while her other hand reaches for the glorious sun of freedom.
Castrillo is a sculptor, jewelry artist and designer. He received the Araw ng Maynila Centennial Award, the TOYM Award, and the Republic Cultural Heritage Award. He represented the Philippines at the Paris and the Venice Biennials. His sculptures dominate public places in Metro Manila, Cebu, and various memorial parks all over the Philippines. He creates figurative and abstract works in embossed copper and welded brass. He simplifies reality into planes, At other times he multiplies them into a mass of reverberating shapes. (from the The Philippine Center in New York)
Inscribed at the base of Inang Bayan sculpture, is a verse from My Last Farewell, the last poem written by National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
I die just when I see the dawn break,
my last farewell
Through the gloom of night, to herald the day;
And if color is lacking my blood thou shalt take,
Pour’d out at need for thy dear sake
To dye with its crimson the waking ray.
dr. jose p. rizal
The Inang Bayan Monument and the Wall of Remembrance were unveiled on November 30, 1992.