Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition)
SEPTEMBER 13, 1907
Macario Sakay y de León (March 1, 1870 – September 13, 1907), a general who fought with Andres Bonifacio during the Philippine Revolution was hanged by the Americans.
Disregarding Emilio Aguinaldo’s decree for all generals to surrender to the Americans, he fought them even after the end of the Philippine-American War.
He surrendered on July 20, 1906 but was tried for "bandolerismo under the Brigandage Act of Nov. 12, 1902, which interpreted all acts of armed resistance to American rule as banditry. Sakay was President of the Republic of8 Katagalugan.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All Rights Reserved
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