DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE “CRY“

Pío Valenzuela’s “Cry of Pugad Lawin”

 August 23, 1896
 “Cry of Balintawak” as the staging
point of the Philippine Revolution.
 He surrendered to General Ramon
Blanco on September 3, 1896 and
was imprisoned in Fort Santiago,
where upon investigation, he told
Francisco Olive, the Spanish
investigator that the “Cry” was staged
at Balintawak on Wednesday, August
26, 1896.
 Pío Valenzuela’s “Cry of Pugad Lawin”
On August 22, 1896 in the house of
Apolonio Samson at Kangkong.
It was at Pugad Lawin, in the house of
Juan Ramos, son of Melchora Aquino
where over 1000 of katipuneros met and
carried out debate on August 23 whether
or not the revolution start on August 29,
1896.
Only Teodoro Plata protested.
After the meeting, the katipuneros tore
their cedulas and shouted “Long Live the
Philippines!”
 Gregoria de Jesus’s Version of the First
“Cry”
August 25, 1896
“Lakambini of the Katipunan”
Custodian of the secret documents,
seal, and weapons of the Katipunan.
 While Bonifacio and his men
gathered in the hills of Balintawak for
the war, the Spanish authorities were
coming to arrest her so she fled to
manila and later joined his husband.
 Gregoria de Jesus’s Version of the
First “Cry”

When the Katipunan had been

discovered and some of the members
were arrested, she immediately
returned to Caloocan.
Through her friend, she learned that
the Spanish were coming to arrest
her so at 11 o’clock at night, secretly
going through the rice fields in La
Loma with intention of returning to
Manila.
 Santiago Alvarez’s The “Cry of
Bahay Toro”
August 24, 1896
Son of Mariano Alvarez and relative
of Gregoria de Jesus.
Unlike Masangkay, Samson and
Valenzuela, Alvarez was not an
eyewitness of the historic event.
Hence, His version cannot be
accepted as equal in weight to that
given by actual participants of the
event.
 Santiago Alvarez’s
The “Cry of Bahay Toro”
 Sunday, August 23, 1896 at 10 o’clock in the
morning at the barn of Kabesang Melchora,
about 500 of the katipuneros met together and
were ready and eager to join Bonifacio and his
men.
 Monday, August 24, 1896, Bonifacio hold a
meeting inside a big barn began at 9 o’clock in
the morning were about 1000 katipuneros
present.
 12 o’clock of the same day when the meeting
adjourned, the loud cries of “Long Live Sons
of the Country!” (Mabuhay ang mga Anak ng
Bayan!) were heard.
 Guillermo Masangkay’s
The “Cry of Balintawak”
 August 26, 1896
 The historic first rally of the Philippine
Revolution
occurred at the rustic barrio of Balintawak, a
few kilometers north of the city of Manila..
At about 9 o’clock in the morning of
August 26, 1896, a big meeting was held
in Balintawak by Bonifacio
Teodora Plata, Briccio Pantas and Pio
Valenzuela opposed to start the uprising
early.
 Guillermo Masangkay’s
The “Cry of Balintawak”
 The people then agreed to Bonifacio and
screamed “Revolt!”
 Bonifacio then asked the people to give pledge by
destroying their cedulas as it is the sign of slavery
of the Filipinos by the Spaniards.
 At about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, while the
gathering of Balintawak was celebrating the
decision of the Katipuneros to start the uprising,
the guards outside gave warning that the
Spaniards were coming. Shot were exhanged
between the Katipuneros and Spaniards thus the
start of the Revolution.