Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
JULY 20, 1906
Macario Sakay came down from the mountains to Cavite to attend a banquet at the governor’s residence.
He decided to surrender after the authorities agreed to his terms which include the granting of general amnesty and allowing him to carry firearms.
However, he and his men were seized and disarmed and accused of the crimes under the Brigandage Act.
They were put on trial and were found guilty. Both he and his aide, Col. Lucio de Vega were incarcerated at the Old Bilibid Prison and were hanged on September 13, 1907.
Earlier, with the arrest of President Emilio Aguinaldo and the capture of General Miguel Malvar, US President Theodore Roosevelt announced on July 4, 1902 that the Philippine Insurrection (Philippine-American War) was over.
All revolutionaries were then considered bandits and tried under the Brigandage Act.
Sakay was a general who fought in the Philippine Revolution against the Spaniards and the Philippine-American War.
He was close to Andres Bonifacio, the leader of the Katipunan. He operated in the mountains of Southern Tagalog region and in 1903, he declared himself President of the Republic of Katagalugan.
He decreed that anyone giving aid or comfort to the government of the United States of America will be considered traitors to the native land.
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