EXPLAINER: Why the Philippines for some time marked Independence Day on July 4 instead of June 12
It was on June 12, 1898, that the Philippine flag was first waved at the balcony of General Emilio Aguinaldo"s house as a declaration that the Philippines had been freed from the control of the Spanish colonizers. But for a period of time in the country"s history, the Philippines marked its Independence Day on July 4, the same date that the United States celebrates its own from Britain. Why?
REXSON PENEYRA
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It was on June 12, 1898, that the Philippine flag was first waved at the balcony of General Emilio Aguinaldo"s house as a declaration that the Philippines had been freed from the control of the Spanish colonizers. But for a period of time in the country"s history, the Philippines marked its Independence Day on July 4, the same date that the United States celebrates its own from Britain. Why?
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