[2] Some 310,000 individuals led by professors of the University of Santo Tomas, donated their heirloom jewels, gemstones, gold and silver to the image for its canonical coronation in October 1907.

[3] In 1593, the new Spanish governor-general, Don Luis Pérez Dasmariñas, commissioned a statue of Our Lady of the Rosary for public veneration in memory of his recently deceased father.

Under the direction of Captain Hernando de los Rios Coronel, the sculpture was made by an anonymous Chinese immigrant, who later converted to Christianity; this is the commonly cited reason for the statue's Asian features.

They went on to rebuff the continued attacks by the superior Dutch fleet, engaging in five major battles at sea and losing only fifteen members of the Spanish Navy.

For this journey, devotees constructed a boat-shaped carriage (Spanish: Carroza Triunfal) to carry the image to its new home, which was declared her National Shrine by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.

During the People Power Revolution of February 1986, a replica of the statue was brought in procession to the Malacañan Palace by the Dominican friars, in a peaceful protest of the state of martial law instituted by President Ferdinand Marcos.

The replica was also brought to the eastern gate of Camp Crame, the police headquarters where the rebel forces headed by Juan Ponce Enrile and Fidel V. Ramos were confined during the uprising.

[6] Filipino historian Nick Joaquín attributed one of the red jewels in one of the statue's crowns to an old legend of a giant serpent found in the Pasig River; the local folktale is more likely a metaphor of the triumph of Christianity over paganism.

[citation needed] The other crown was supposedly inscribed and donated by King Norodom of Cambodia in 1872, one having disappeared after a burglary in 1930 while another one was simply two pearls adorning the orbs of the statue.

On Friday, October 11, the “Recorrido” starts with the dispatch of the procession image from the Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of Saint Joseph Quezon City to Amoranto Sports Complex and back to Santo Domingo Church.

As part of the Journey, devotees wave flags as the La Naval motorcade of the patroness' replica passes across EDSA from Kamias to Kamuning road from the Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of Saint Joseph Quezon City, Project 3 along Aurora Boulevard to Amoranto Stadium and return to Santo Domingo Church.

[10] On Sunday, October 13, the Misa Mayor of the Solemnity of Our Lady of La Naval culminates with the main highlight, the grand street procession attracting thousands of devotees.