 The city was liberated by joint Filipino and American forces on May 29, 1945.It took time to rebuild the city after liberation Don Mariano were saved from destruction by the retreating Japanese forces

On a short stretch of Burgos Street, once known as "Millionaires' Row", still stands several grand houses belonging to some of the richest and landed families of Bacolod City.The Ramos house, considered one of the most prominent of these houses, is the house built by the Ramos family patriarch Don Mariano Ramos, the first Municipal President or Mayor of Bacolod City.