Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
MAY 29, 1963
Doña Maria Reyes Agoncillo-Aguinaldo (February 15, 1879 - May 29, 1963), died at the age of 84 at the Veterans Memorial Hospital in Quezon City.
She was born in Taal, Batangas and was the niece of Felipe Agoncillo, a lawyer and the country's first diplomat.
Felipe's wife Marcela was the one who hand-sewn the Philippine flag in Hongkong together with her daughter Lorenza and Jose Rizal's niece Delfina Herboza de Natividad.
Maria was the second wife of President Emilio Aguinaldo whose wife Hilaria died 9 years earlier.
Aguinaldo and Maria were married at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan on July 14, 1930.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
Photo credit: Museo ni Emilio Aguinaldo
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