THE National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), in partnership with the Philippine World War II Memorial Foundation and Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU), organized 'War and Memory, 80 Years After', an international conference on the remembrance of the Second World War, specifically the Battle of Manila, last February 18-19, 2025, at the LPU.

36 speakers from the Philippines, the US, and Japan attended the two-day conference, sharing stories and studies of the war as seen through various eyes. The conference included a History Alive presentation, a film showing, bookselling, book launches, and book signings of recent WWII publications.