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The Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence

The document summarizes the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain in 1898. It was prepared and read publicly by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista. Ninety-eight people signed the declaration, including an American army officer witness. The declaration proclaimed the Philippines as a sovereign and independent nation from Spain. It also described the first raising of the Philippine flag and performance of the Philippine national anthem "Lupang Hinirang".

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The Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence

The document summarizes the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain in 1898. It was prepared and read publicly by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista. Ninety-eight people signed the declaration, including an American army officer witness. The declaration proclaimed the Philippines as a sovereign and independent nation from Spain. It also described the first raising of the Philippine flag and performance of the Philippine national anthem "Lupang Hinirang".

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The act of declaration of

Philippine independence.
Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista
SECTION 6.
The Declaration of Independence;

 The Declaration of Independence is the document in which Filipino


revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo (later to become
the Philippines' first Republican President) proclaimed the sovereignty
and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of
Spain after the latter was defeated at the Battle of Manila Bay during
the Spanish-American War. The declaration, however, was not
recognized by the United States or Spain, as the Spanish government
ceded the Philippines to the United States in the 1898 Treaty of Paris,
in consideration for an indemnity for Spanish expenses and assets lost.
 The Act of the Declaration of Independence was prepared and written
by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista in Spanish, who also read the said
declaration. A passage in the Declaration reminds one of another
passage in the American Declaration of Independence. The Philippine
Declaration was signed by ninety-eight persons, among them an
American army officer who witnessed the proclamation. The Act
declared that the Filipinos “are and have the right to be free and
independent,” and that the nation from ”this day commences to have a
life of its own, with every political tie between Filipinas and Spain
severed and annulled”.
 The event saw the National Flag of the Philippines, designed by General
Aguinaldo and made in Hongkong by Mrs. Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza
Agoncillo and Delfina Herboza unfurled for the first time. This was
followed by the performance of the “Marcha Filipina Magdalo” now
known as “Lupang Hinirang”, the National Anthem. The composer,
Julian Felipe. was a music teacher from Cavite. The lyrics to the anthem
were sourced a year after from the poem of Jose Palma entitled
“Filipinas”.
The Phillippine Flag
General Aguinaldo explained the symbolism of the Filipino flag. Each of the
three colors has an appropriate meaning:

 a. the lower red stripe represents patriotism and valor


b. the upper blue stripe signifies peace, truth and justice
c. the white triangle stands for equality

 The three stars indicate the three geographical areas of Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao.

 The eight rays of the sun refer to first eight provinces of Manila, Bulacan,
Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna, Batangas and Cavite which took up arms
against Spain and were placed under martial law by the Spaniards at the start of the
Philippine Revolution in 1896.
The Phillippine National Anthem

 Lupang Hinirang is the National Anthem of the Republic of the


Phillippines.
 Originaly it was written incidental music by Juan Filipe in 1998 entitled “
Marcha National Filipina’ It did not have words when it was played during
the proclamation of Phillipine independence on June 12, 1898.
 Spanish Lyrics adapted from the poem Filipinas witten by Jose Palama in
1899
 Filipino translation of the lyrics by Ildefonso Santos ang Juan Cruz
Balmaceda, Which appeared in the 1940s was proclaimed by President
Ramon Magsaysay in May of 1956, as the official Filipino version
Thank You for
Listening!!!!
Activity.

A. Write the Lyrics of Lupang Hinirang.


Quiz

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