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School Records of Anastasio J. Pinzón, One of the Signers of the Acta de la Proclamación de Independencia del Pueblo Filipino at the NHCP Serafin D. Quiason Resource Center

By: Reymann L. Guevarra “And holding up this flag of ours, I present it to the gentlemen here assembled, who solemnly swear to recognize and defend it unto the last drop of their blood.”[1] This is an excerpt of the Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence in 1898. At the end of this important document are the signatures of 98 witnesses, one of them was Don Anastasio J. Pinzón. The document was signed on June 12,1898 at the residence of General Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite-Viejo, now Kawit, Cavite. General Aguinaldo declared Philippine Independence from more than 300 years of Spanish…
REVOLUTIONARY AFTERMATH by Peter Jaynul Villanueva Uckung “Other historians relate facts to inform us of facts. You relate them to incite in our hearts an…
ISABELO DE LOS REYES     Isabelo de los Reyes was born on July 7, 1864 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur to Elias de los…
SIEGE OF BALER All books depicting the stories of war have always had sad endings as war was never splendid or heroic regardless of…
HISTORY OF BALER The name Baler originated from the term “balod,” which is the indigenous name for mountain doves or palomas montes that abound…