Brig. Gen. Trinidad Perez Tecson

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

NOVEMBER 18, 1848

Brig. Gen. Trinidad Perez Tecson (November 18, 1848 – January 28, 1928), the “Mother of Biak-na-Bato”, was born in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan. 

She joined Andres Bonifacio’s Katipunan and fought during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War under Gen. Mariano Llanera, Gen. Francisco Macabulos, Gen. Isidro Torres and Gen. Gregorio del Pilar. 

Henerala Ningning organized the women to nurse the sick and wounded revolutionaries thus, she was called the “Mother of the Philippine Red Cross” by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo.

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