CLARO M. RECTO

Barangay Claro M. Recto, Angeles City, was already recognized as a barangay before the enactment of R.A. 3370, known as barangay chapter, which was formerly of Barangay Lourdes as separated from the mother barangay Virgin Delos Remedios and a petition in 1962 was initiated by the residents to separate barangay Virgin Delos Remedios from barangay Lourdes North East which was approved by a resolution of the provincial Board of Pampanga. In 1965, a barangay resolution was approved renaming barangay Lourdes North East as Claro M. Recto in Honor of the late Senator Don Claro M. Recto from Batangas Province, well known brilliant proponent of nationalist movement.