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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…
EVENTS OF FEBRUARY 1897 by Ma. Cielito G. Reyno       Revisiting the events of February 1897, one gets a sense of urgency as it…
MUSIC FOR THE NATIONAL SOUL By Peter Jaynul V. Uckung Julian Felipe thought of himself as a Filipino patriot first and a composer second. However,…
THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC        Though short-lived, the First Philippine, nonetheless catapulted the Filipino nation onto the world’s consciousness carving not only…
RAISING BONIFACIO by Peter Jaynul Uckung        Like an angry bolt of lightning, he electrified the humid colonial air of the Philippines then…
STORIES ABOUT MAGSAYSAY by Dr. Augusto V. de Viana During the Second World War, RM was a guerilla leader in Zambales and was sought after by…
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT RM by Dr. Augusto V. de Viana He set the example not only for government officials and functionaries to follow but…
THE PALARIS REVOLT OF 1762  A revolt presaging the Ilocos Revolt led by Diego and Gabriela Silang, and unique in the history of Pangasinan…