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The Evolution of the Philippine Flag (Filipino: Ebolusyon ng Bandilang Pilipino) [1] is a set of flags consisting of select banners of the Katipunan of the Philippine Revolution. Often displayed with the flag of the First Republic , it is sometimes erroneously interpreted to imply the chronology of the national flag of the Philippines .
The Philippines currently celebrates its Independence Day on June 12, the anniversary of Emilio Aguinaldo's declaration of independence from Spain in 1898. The declaration was not recognised by the United States which, after defeating the Spanish in the Battle of Manila Bay in May that year, acquired the Philippine Islands via the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish–American War.
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...
A set of flag purportedly used by the Katipunan, dubbed as the "Evolution of the Philippine", has been featured in postal stamps in the 1972 and the Philippine Centennial. The name of the set erroneously suggest that the modern Flag of the Philippines was derived or "evolved" from the flags used by the Katipunan and all of the flags themselves ...
17 March 1897 – Katipunan leaders adopt a flag in Naic, Cavite. 22 March 1897 – Tejeros Convention. Aguinaldo and Trias was elected as President and Vice-President, respectively. 23 March 1897 – The 19 martyrs of Aklan are executed. 15 April 1897 – President Aguinaldo orders the arrest of Bonifacio.
He was sent to a small island in the Philippines to spy on the American forces. He evaded capture and remained in the jungle to carry out his mission for the next 30 years.
Doña Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo (née Mariño y Coronel; June 24, 1859 – May 30, 1946) [1] [2] [3] was a Filipina who was the principal seamstress of the first and official flag of the Philippines, [4] gaining her the title of "The Mother of the Philippine Flag."
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