12/06/2026
๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐
๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ต๐ญ
On this day in 1898, from the window of General Emilio Aguinaldoโs home in Kawit, Cavite, the world first heard the ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐
๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ and saw our sun and stars fly high.
Today, we honor the revolutionaries of 1898 and the modern Filipinos who continue to safeguard our democracy. Let's celebrate the birth of the first republic in Asia. Cheers to 128 years of freedom! ๐ฅโจ
๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐:
๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐: From 1946 to 1961, the Philippines actually celebrated Independence Day on July 4 (the day the U.S. granted independence). It wasn't until 1962 that President Diosdado Macapagal moved it back to June 12 to honor the original 1898 declaration.
๐ต๐ญ๐๐ก๐ ๐
๐ฅ๐๐ '๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง: The first Philippine flag was sewn in Hong Kong by Marcela Agoncillo, her daughter Lorenza, and Delfina Herbosa de Natividad (a niece of Jose Rizal).
๐ถ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ: When it was first played in 1898, the Lupang Hinirang (then called Marcha Filipina Magdalo) had no lyrics. The words weren't added until a year later when Jose Palma wrote the poem Filipinas.
๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ: Contrary to popular belief, the famous "Independence Balcony" at the Aguinaldo Shrine wasn't actually there in 1898โAguinaldo added it during renovations in the 1920s. The original declaration was read from a window!