Monday, June 9, 2008

Philippines Independence Day

On Thursday June 12, Philippines will celebrate the 110th anniversary of its Independence Day.

The declaration, in the form of a proclamation, in the presence of a huge crowd, was done on June 12, 1898 at the ancestral home of General Emilio Aguinaldo between four and five in the afternoon in Cavite el Viejo (now Kawit, Cavite), some 30 kilometers South of Manila. The event saw the unfurling of the National Flag of the Philippines made in Hongkong by Mrs. Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo and Delfina Herboza, and the performance of the Marcha Filipina Magdalo, as the Nation's National Anthem, now known as Lupang Hinirang, which was composed by Julian Felipe and played by the San Francisco de Malabon Marching band.


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