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This flag was first unveiled on August 23, 1896, during the Cry of Pugadlawin where the assembled Katipunan members tore their cedulas (community tax certificates) in defiance of Spanish authority. The flag was used later during the Battle of San Juan del Monte on August 30, 1896, the first major battle of the Philippine Revolution.
The first flag of the Katipunan was a red rectangular flag with a horizontal alignment of three white Ks (an acronym for the Katipunan's full name, Kataas-taasang Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan – Supreme and Venerable Society of the Sons of the Nation). The flag's red field symbolized blood, as members of the Katipunan ...
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 Katipunan (lit. ' Association '), officially known as the Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan [5] [6] [7] [a] (lit. ' Supreme and Venerable Association of the Children of the Nation '; Spanish: Suprema y Venerable Asociación de los Hijos del Pueblo) and abbreviated as the KKK, was a revolutionary organization founded in 1892 by a group of Filipino nationalists ...
Gregoria de Jesús y Álvarez (May 9, 1875 – March 15, 1943), also known by her nickname Oriang, [1] was the founder and vice-president of the women 's chapter of the Katipunan of the Philippines. [2] She was also the custodian of the documents and seal of the Katipunan. [1] She married Andrés Bonifacio, the Supremo of the Katipunan and ...
6 (incl. Lorenza Agoncillo) 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." Marcela Coronel Mariño was the daughter of Don ...
Trinidad Perez Tecson (November 18, 1848 – January 28, 1928), known as the "Mother of Biak-na-Bato" and "Mother of Mercy", [citation needed] fought to gain Philippines independence. [1] She was given the title "Mother of Biak-na-Bato " by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and served as its nurse and combatant. [2] She was also cited as the "Mother of the ...
The only non-rectangular or non-square national flag. Also the only flag with a decimal ratio below 1 (i.e. taller than it is wide). While the red inner part has a ratio of exactly 4:3 (0.75), [66] the complete flag has an irrational aspect ratio of approximately 1.21901:1 due to the blue border. [Note 3] [67] Netherlands: 2:3 (1.5)