Saturday, October 29, 2022

Gen. Antonio Luna

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

OCTOBER 29, 1866

Antonio Luna de San Pedro y Novicio-Ancheta (October 29, 1866 – June 5, 1899), a pharmacist, writer and general, was born in Urbiztondo, Binondo, Manila. 

He was an active member of the Propaganda Movement and wrote for La Solidaridad under the pen name Taga-Ilog. 

Antonio, like his brother Juan, did not join the Katipunan because they believed in reforms, not in a revolution. 

However, the brothers were accused and arrested as revolutionaries in 1896. 

Luna joined the 2nd phase of the revolution and became a general in Emilio Aguinaldo’s army.

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