The Battle Of Alapan

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

MAY 28, 1898

The Battle of Alapan was the first military victory of General Emilio Aguinaldo after his arrival from exile. 

The 12,000 newly-armed Philippine Revolutionary Army engaged and defeated Gen. Leopoldo Garcia Pena’s troops in Alapan, Imus, Cavite. 

The Philippine flag sewn by Marcela Marino de Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo, and Delfina Herbosa de Natividad in Hong Kong was unfurled by Aguinaldo and hoisted for the first time at the Teatro Caviteño in front of Filipino troops, captured Spanish soldiers and American troops of Commodore George Dewey.(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved

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