The park was developed by the Quezon City government during the tenure of Ponciano Bernardo, which appropriated for the project [REF].
On June 25, 1949, President Elpidio Quirino laid the cornerstone of the Aurora Quezon Memorial Hall in the park with Zenaida Quezon-Buencamino, Manuel Quezon Jr. and Josefina M. Bernardo, the wife of Mayor Ponciano Bernardo, as guests of honor.