Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
MARCH 14, 1901
The American gunboat Vicksburg which earlier left Manila Bay on March 6, docked at Casiguran Bay.
Among its passengers was Major General Frederick Funston who was tasked to capture President Emilio Aguinaldo in Palanan.
Macabebe scouts were disguised as rebels equipped with rifles and garbed in peasant clothes.
Hilario Tal Placido, Lazaro Segovia and other Filipinos who earlier took their oath of allegiance to the U.S. were to act as officers with four American prisoners. Funston's plan led to Aguinaldo's capture.
(Design, concept, stamp and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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