6. Independence Day Date Change In 1962, President Diosdado Macapagal changed the date of Philippine Independence Day from July 4th to June 12th to honor the original declaration from 1898. 7. The ...

The Tres de Abril revolt in Cebu will take center stage as one of the featured historical events in this year’s 127th anniversary of the proclamation of Philippine Independence at the Quirino ...

National Historical Commission of the Philippines researcher ... drafted by Apolinario Mabini on Aug. 1, 1898. Some question the value of Independence Day because subsequently, the Americans ...

When the United States and Spain went to war over Cuba, the Philippines joined the side of the U.S. On June 12, 1898, Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippine islands, and in January ...

The 1898 Treaty of Paris awarded the US annexation of the former Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines ... Over Labor Day weekend 1900, while many of his fellow ...