CRY OF

BALINTAWAK
BY ALEXANDER M. AUSTRAL READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY
FOUR ACCOUNTS
PIO VALENZUELA AUGUST 23, 1896

SANTIAGO ALVAREZ AUGUST 24, 1896

GREGORIA DE JESUS AUGUST 25, 1896

GUILLERMO MASANGKAY AUGUST 26, 1896

PIO VALENZUELA | AUGUST 23, 1896

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
500 MEMBERS OF THE KATIPUNAN MET AT THE YARD OF APOLONIO
SAMSON AT KANGKONG ON AUGUST 22, 1896
1,000 KATIPUNEROS GATHERED AT THE HOUSE AND YARD OF JUAN
RAMOS, SON OF MELCHORA AQUINO ON AUGUST 23, 1896
MEETING WAS CARRIED OUT DISCUSSING THE START OF THE
REVOLUTION ON AUGUST 29, 1896.
TEODORO PLATA IS THE LONE OPPOSITION AGAINST THE WAT
AFTER THE MEETING, THOSE PRESENT TORE THEIR CEDULAS AND
CRIED, "LONG LIVE THE PHILIPPINES."

SANTIAGO ALVAREZ | AUGUST 24, 1896

NOT AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT

500 MEMBERS OF THE KATIPUNAN MET AT THE YARD OF KABESANG
MELCHORA AQUINO AT SAMPALUKAN, BARRIO BAHAY TORO ON
AUGUST 23, 1896 AND EAGER TO JOIN THEIR "SUPREMO."
1,000 KATIPUNEROS GATHERED AT THE BARN ON AUGUST 24, 1896
WHERE A MEETING WAS HELD AT 10:00 O'CLOCK AM
MEETING ADJOURNED AT THE CRY OF "LONG LIVE THE PHILIPPINES."

GREGORIA DE JESUS | AUGUST 25, 1896

NOT AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT

THE FIRST CRY HAPPENED NEAR CALOOCAN ON AUGUST 25, 1896
AFTER THE COVER OF THE KATIOUNAN WAS BLOWN, SOME MEBERS
WERE ARRESTED AND SO BONIFACIO AND MEN WERE CLOSELY
WATCHED BY AGENTS OF THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES
ON AUGUST 25, 1896 THE UPRISING BEGAN WITH THE FIRST CRY OF
FREEDOM, "LONG LIVE THE PHILIPPINES."
GREGORIA SERVED AS KEEPER OF THE DOCUMENTS OF THE
KATIPUNAN

GUILLERMO MASANGKAY | AUGUST 26, 1896

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
THE FIRST MEETING WAS HELD IN BALINTAWAK AT THE HOUSE OF
APOLONIO SAMSON (KABESA OF CALOOCAN)
MEETING WAS STARTED ON 9:00 AM WITH BONIFACIO PRESIDING
AND EMILIO JACINTO ACTING AS SECRETARY
AGENDA: DISCUSS THE DATE OF THE UPRISING
BRICCIO PANTAS, TEODORO PLATA AND PIO VANENZUELA OPPOSED
THE WAR RESOLUTION
PLATA: UPRISING COULD NOT BE STARTED WITHOUT THE ARMS AND
FOOD FOR THE SOLDIERS

GUILLERMO MASANGKAY | AUGUST 26, 1896

VALENZUELA USED THE ARGUMENTS OF RIZAL THATT HE RICH ARE
NOT SIDING WITH THE CAUSE OF THE KATIPUNAN
BONIFACIO, SENSING THAT HE WILL LOST IN THE DISCUSSION MOVED
OUT AND TALKED TO THE PEOPLE
HE TOLD THEM THAT THEY HAVE REACHED THE PONT OF NO RETURN;
THAT THEY WILL BE PERSECUTED OREXECUTED BY THE SPANISH
AUTHORITIES IF THEY RETURN