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Bonifacio Day is a national holiday in the Philippines, commemorating Andrés Bonifacio, one of the country's national heroes. He was the founder and eventual Supremo of the Katipunan, a secret society that triggered the Philippine Revolution of 1896 against the Spanish Empire. It is celebrated every November 30, the birth anniversary of Bonifacio.
Despite popular recognition of Rizal as "the Philippine national hero", the title itself has no explicit legal definition in present Philippine law. Rizal and Bonifacio, however, are given the implied recognition of being national heroes because they are commemorated annually nationwide – Rizal Day on December 30 and Bonifacio Day on November ...
On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [5] As per Republic Act No. 3022, [6] April 9 was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964. [7] January 1 – New Year's Day
The observance of National Heroes Day was already present during the American colonial period. Act No. 3827 by the Philippine Legislature enacted on October 28, 1931, designated every last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [6] However, Bonifacio Day established by virtue of Act No. 2946 of 1921 was also dedicated to anonymous Filipino ...
Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921. [25] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [26] As per Republic Act No. 3022, [27] April 9 was proclaimed
19 April 1897 – Bonifacio establishes another government independent from Aguinaldo's revolutionary government. 23 April 1897 – General Camilo de Polavieja was replaced by the former governor-general of the Philippines. 28 April 1897 – Andres Bonifacio was arrested along with his brother Procopio in Limbon, Indang, Cavite.
Philippine flags on display. Prior to 1964, June 12 was observed as Flag Day in the country. In 1965, President Diosdado Macapagal issued Proclamation No. 374, which moved National Flag Day to May 28 (the date the Philippine flag was first flown in the victory by Filipino forces in the Battle of Alapan located in Imus, Cavite in 1898).
However rites organized by the government remained observed on the actual date. [ 2 ] She would sign into law Republic Act 9492 the Holiday Economics Law on July 24, 2007 [ 3 ] which allows the observance of otherwise fixed public holidays except for New Year's Day on January 1, All Saint's Day on November 1, Christmas Day on December 25, and ...