A lot of our history has a lot of deficiencies and uncertainties.

These pieces of information are

hard to cross-examine as the shreds of evidence are limited and mostly from word-of-mouth. These are
great hindrances that affect how history is remembered by the people. One of the victims of this
misinformation in our history is Andres Bonifacio. If we try to picture Bonifacio, the first thing that may
come to our minds is that he is from a poor family and can be considered as close to illiterate. But with
the provided video and report it was stated that these and a lot of “facts” that are being connected with
Bonifacio are not factual. An example is that he is from a poor family. Although it is not confirmed,
Bonifacio came from a middle-class family and was not considered poor at the time. It is also stated that
Bonifacio is a sharp dresser and was often seen in a coat and tie with an umbrella all the time and far
from the camisa-de-chino that is often used for portraying him. For me, this means that releasing these
types of information should only be done after careful research and gathering of evidence. These might
seem very superficial things to some but doing these will be beneficial for the cultivation of our history.
These misconceptions are often used by people to distort history and that means that if we don’t do
something right now it will make our history full of false information and misconceptions.

Another perspective that this has given me is about the letters of Bonifacio to Emilio Jacinto.
These contain the accounts of the Tejeros Convention from Bonifacio himself. He stated that Emilio
Aguinaldo rigged the elections to favor him in winning the position of president of the new revolutionary
government. This shows that we have accounts that can back up the existing theories that can be
legitimized with a thorough examination. But according to the video, it will be up for auction. I am
extremely opposed to that decision because our history should belong to our people and shouldn't be
locked up in someone’s private collection and be only seen by some. It should belong to a museum that
will exhibit it for the country’s constituents. Our history should be accessible to everyone no matter
where they are in the social class because our history is what made the Philippines that we are living in
today.