26 August, 1898

26 August, 201812 June, 2018 nzpinoy 0 Comment andres bonifacio, balintawak, in a nutshell, kataastaasang kagalanggalangang katipunan ng mga anak ng bayan, kkk, kkk flag, national assembly, philippine historical event, reconnecting with our roots, spanish, spanish colonization, today in philippine history

TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:

Filipino revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio y de Castro unfurls the flag of the Kataastaasang, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan (KKK) in Balintawak, a day after he led the Katipuneros in repelling the colonial Spanish forces during the first encounter of the Philippine Revolution.

What should be the glorious unfolding of the revolutionary Katipunan government flag takes place two days after the National Assembly transformed the KKK into a national government with democratically elected officials, and with the revolutionary army – formed from “lodges [transformed] into battalions, his grandmasters into captains” leading the nation in the fight for independence against colonial Spain.

A week earlier, the katipunan was an underground movement aiming to unite the country and gain independence from Spain by means of a revolution until its existence was discovered/confirmed by the colonial authorities through a friar who broke his vow of (confessional) silence.

(Ref: Philippine-Islands-lemuria)

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