The town was founded on December 13, 1748 and was originally named San Francisco after its patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi . The municipality was then made of its present area plus those of the municipalities of Tanza, Rosario and Noveleta. General Mariano Trias y Closas, in whose honor the town was named, was the vice-president of the First Revolutionary Government and of the Malolos Republic, twice member of the Aguinaldo revolutionary cabinet and twice governor of Cavite. San Francisco de Malabon was considered the cradle of Revolution in Cavite for it was the "First Cry of Cavite" was heard when the town's tribunal was captured by Filipino revolutionists led by General Mariano Trias, Diego Mojica and Nicolas Portilla on August 31, 1896. It was in Tejero, a former sitio and now one of the 33 barangays of General Trias, where the Tejeros Convention was held March 22, 1897. The Revolutionary Government of the First Philippine Republic, which elected General Emilio Aguinaldo as president, was established in the convention. Professor Julian Felipe, composer of the country's national anthem, is another distinguished son of the municipality of General Trias. Legislative Act No. 2390 was passed on February 24, 1920 changing San Francisco de Malabon to Malabon. The name Malabon was either coined from labong (bamboo shoot) or mayabong (with a lot of branches), which refers to the trees and other plants that abounded in the area. The name was finally changed to General Trias , under the law intoduced by Rep. Emilio P.Virata, a native of the town. Genral Trias was reclassified on July, 1996 as a first class municipality form fourth class municipality.
Source: The Phil Index, Millennium Edition Vol.I No.1
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