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Cry of
Balintawak
or Cry of
Pugadlawin?
Unang Sigaw ng Himagsikan (The
First Cry of the Revolution): Was it
Balintawak (Caloocan City) or
Pugadlawin (Quezon City) or in
three other places (Bahay Toro,
Kangkong, Pasang Tamo)?
Bonifacio Mural
by Carlos “Botong” V. Francisco
1964
The First Cry of the Philippine Revolution
KKK
ANDRES BONIFACIO FORMED A SECRET
SOCIETY
TEODORO PLATINO
BETRAYED THE KATIPUNAN BECAUSE OF
APOLONIO DELA CRUZ
From the account of Agoncillo
Milagros Guerrero,
Santiago Alvarez
Emmanuel Encarnacion
A KATIPUNERO AND SON OF MARIANO
ALVAREZ, THE LEADER OF THE
Ramon Villegas
MAGDIWANG FACTION IN CAVITE, CLAIMED THAT THE EVENT TO HAVE
STATED IN 1927 THAT THE CRY TOOK TAKEN PLACE IN TANDANG SORA'S
PLACE IN BAHAY TORO (NOW IN BARN IN GULOD, BARANGAY BANLAT,
QUEZON CITY) ON AUGUST 24, 1896. QUEZON CITY.
Why it was
called “cry”?
“First Cry” “First Cry”
“cry” also refer to the
Borromeo-Buehler tearing up of cédulas
referred to the personales) (community
word “cry” as the tax certificates) in
first clash between defiance of their
Katipuneros and allegiance to Spain that
Guardia-Civil was literally accompanied
by patriotic shouts.
"Balintawak" "Caloocan"