One man at the end of the chain, who is identified as Ninoy Aquino, is pointing towards EDSA Shrine and the Ortigas Area.

[2] The middle tier represents various people, young and old, who had joined the protest; some of the statues are that of a musician, a mother carrying an infant, a man sporting the "Laban" sign, and priests and nuns.

On the top tier of the monument is a towering female figure with arms raised toward the sky.

[3] In November 2016, the monument became a gathering point where anti-Marcos groups, Martial Law victims and political figures gathered at the monument to denounce the surprise burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Hero's Cemetery) that took place on November 18, 2016.

[4][5] Protesters condemned the hero's burial citing wide-scale plunder and human rights abuses during the Marcos dictatorship.