Bonifacio 150th Birth Anniversary

by 360journals December 31, 2013 in News 0 comments tags: Andres Bonifacio, Bonifacio Monument, Bonifacio150, Caloocan
Click the Image for the Virtual Tour The nation celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio, the Father of the Katipunan on November 30, 2013 at the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City with President Benigno S. Aquino III as guest of honor.

148th Birth Anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio

by 360journals November 30, 2011 in News 0 comments tags: Andres Bonifacio, Bonifacio Monument, Caloocan, Cry of Pugad Lawin, Emilio Aguinaldo, Katipunan, KKK, Mayor Recom Echiverri
Today the nation marks the 148th birth anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio (November 30, 1863 – May 10, 1897), founder and the supreme leader of the Katipunan. Bonifacio was born to Santiago Bonifacio and Catalina de Castro in Tondo, Manila and was the eldest of five children. Bonifacio was married twice. His first wife was a certain Monica who died of leprosy. His second wife, Gregoria de Jesús was of Caloocan, whom he married in 1893. They had one son who died in infancy. On July 7, 1892, the day after Rizal’s deportation was announced, Bonifacio and others founded the Katipunan, or in full, Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (“Highest and Most Respected Society of the Children of the Country”). The secret society sought independence from Spain through armed revolt. When Spanish authority ordered an intensive manhunt, Bonifacio called thousands of Katipunan members to a mass gathering in Caloocan, where they decided to start their revolt. The event, marked by the tearing of cedulas (community tax certificates) was later called the “Cry of Balintawak” or “Cry of Pugad Lawin”. Accused of sedition and treason against Aguinaldo’s government and conspiring to murder Aguinaldo, Bonifacio wa brought to Naic […]