THE FIRST CRY OF THE REVOLUTION (AUGUST 1896)

Historical Context

 Philippine Revolution (1896)

 “First Cry”
 Tearing up their cedulas and proclaiming the start of the fight for
independence.
 Happened after Katipunan was exposed on August 19, 1896 and
the Spaniards began to crack down on suspected rebels.
 Katipunan Supremo Andres proceed to a designated meeting
place outside the city to decide on their next move
 Bonifacio found it wise to begin the revolution that day and attack
Manila at the end of the month
 1911, a monument to the Heroes of 1986 was erected in
Balintawak where beginning in 1908
 The date and place of the event were later contradicted by
different Katipunan personalities who claimed that they were
there at the time
 1963, the National Historical Commission (today’s National
Historical Commission of the Philippines [NHCP]) decided that,
 Following extensive research of primary sources,
 the First Cry of the Philippine Revolution of 1896 happened on
August 23, 1896 at Pugad Lawin, now part of Project 8 in Quezon
City
 The controversy, however, persists, with historians and other
personalities(especially the descendants of the Katipunero
witnesses) claiming that the official date and place are wrong

Dr. Pio Valenzuela’s Account

 The official date and place of the First Cry were largely based on
the account og Cr. Pio Valenzuela, an official of the Katipunan and
a friend of Andres Bonifacio,
 Who was present during the event
 His account was published as Memoirs of the K.K.K and the
Philippine Revolution (Manila, n.d)

Santiago Alvarez’s Account

 1927, a pre World War II

 Sampaguita began publishing the Katipunan memoirs of Gen.
Santiago Virata Alvarez  one of the leaders of the Cavite
revolution
 Series (36 parts)
 It told the story of the Philippine Revolution starting in March
1896 until late 1897
 The series was later published as a book, titled The Katipunan and
the Revolution (QC: ADMU, 1992) with an English translation by
Paula Carolina Malay

Guillermo Masangkay’s Account

 1932, Guillermo Masangkay, a friend and fellow Katipunero of

Andres Bonifacion, recounted his experiences as a member of the
revolutionary movement
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