12/06/2024
MALIGAYANG ARAW NG KALAYAAN, PILIPINAS ๐ต๐ญ!!!
โFreedom is not a gift, but a right earned and defended.โ
-Carlos P. Romulo
๐ต๐ญ๐๐ป IT TOOK 5 DAYS TO FINISH THE FIRST PHILIPPINE FLAG MADE IN HONGKONG
The first official Philippine flag was designed by General Emilio Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo hand-delivered his design of the flag to Doรฑa Marcela Mariรฑo de Agoncillo while the general was in Hong Kong after the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato in 1897. With the help of her eldest daughter Lorenza M. Agoncillo and Jose Rizalโs niece Delfina Herbosa Natividad, they went on to work day and night on the first Philippine flag. It was delivered personally to Aguinaldo on May 17 before he came back to the Philippines.
๐ต๐ญ๐๐ป MARCOS TRIED TO CHANGE THE FLAG COLOUR
In an Executive Order, former president Ferdinand Marcos pointed out the "the shade of the color blue [of the original flag] was lighter than the present dark blue being used in the making of Philippine flag." This change in color from navy blue to light blue proved unpopular and was explicitly rejected after the 1986 EDSA Revolution.
๐ต๐ญ๐๐ป THE THREE STARS DONโT REPRESENT LUZON, VISAYAS, AND MINDANAO
The Philippine Declaration of Independence, which was publicly read in Spanish by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, said that the three stars on the Philippine flag represent the โthree principal islands of this archipelagoโLuzon, Mindanao, and Panay in which the revolutionary movement broke out.โ
๐ต๐ญ๐๐ป JUNE 12, 1898 WASNโT THE PHILIPPINE FLAG FIRST RODEO
The Philippine flag was first unfurled during a skirmish between Filipino troops and Spanish forces in Alapan, Cavite on May 28, 1898. The same flag was presented at Aguinaldoโs residence in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898 during the proclamation of independence.
๐ต๐ญ๐๐ป IT WAS A SUNDAY
June 12, 1898 was on a Sunday and the declaration was said to have happened between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
