Emilio Aguinaldo's Telegram

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

JUNE 6, 1899

Gen. Venancio Concepcion received a telegram from Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo approximately the same time Gen. Antonio Luna and his aide-de-camp Col. Francisco Roman were assassinated.  

He was informed that all military operations will be handled by Aguinaldo in place of Gen. Luna and the headquarters will be transferred to Bamban, Tarlac. Aguinaldo, blamed for setting the trap for Luna’s assassination after he was absent in a supposed conference also ordered the  arrest of all chief of brigades under Luna. Some officers were tortured then killed.

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Death of General Antonio Luna

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

JUNE 5, 1899

Antonio Luna, the most brilliant and ablest general of the Philippine Revolutionary Army arrived at the Cabanatuan Church, Nueva Ecija to attend a meeting with Emilio Aguinaldo for a new cabinet to be formed. 

An officer told him Aguinaldo left for San Isidro, Tarlac. As he was about to leave, a rifle shot rang out in the plaza. Luna angrily went down the stairs and was met by Capt. Pedro Janolino who hacked him with a bolo. Other Kawit troops he dismissed for insubordination shot him while others stabbed him. Antonio Luna died in the hands of fellow revolutionists. 

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Today in Philippine History: Epifanio de los Santos

APRIL 7, 1871

Epifanio de los Santos (April 7, 1871 - April 18, 1928) was born in Malabon, Rizal. The son of a very prominent haciendero, he was popularly known as Don Panyong, During the Philippine Revolution, he published the La Libertad newspaper in Malabon together with Jose Zulueta.  After its censorship by the revolutionary government, he joined the editorial staff and wrote articles for Gen. Antonio Luna’s La Independencia with the pseudonym G. Solon. He sat as the Director of the Philippine Library and Museum on May 16, 1925.