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TheNationalHistoricalCommissionofthePhilippineschosethefollowingthemeforthe2014
116
th
AnniversaryoftheProclamationofPhilippineIndependence:PagsunodsaYapakngmga
DakilangPilipino,TungosaMalawakanatPermanentengPagbabago.InEnglish,itreads:
FollowingtheFootstepsofGreatFilipinosTowardPermanentandWidespreadChange.
Indeed,ournationalhero,Dr.JoseRizal,whochosetogivehislifeforourcountryleadsthelist
ofourheroandmodels.Asamigrantstudent,hewroteaboutthesocialillsofoursocietythen
andincurredtheireofthepowersthatbethatledtohisearlydemise.TheNoliMeTangereand
ElFilibusterismomustbereadingsforusFilipinosandourfriends.
GatAndresBonifacio,likewise,shedhisbloodforthecauseofourIndependencefromthe
countryscolonizers.Hiswife,GregoriadeJesus,wasastrongwoman,andwithotherwomen,
weresupportersoftheirhusbands,duringourearlyyearsofstruggleagainsttheyokeof
tyranny.HissymbolictearingofthecedulaisforeverrememberedinhisCaloocanmonument,a
placefondlyandaptlycalledMonumento.
ThefirstpresidentoftherevolutionaryPhilippinegovernment,EmilioAguinaldo,raisedthe
Philippineflag,alaboroflovebythreegreatFilipinawomen,namely,DonaMarcelaAgoncillo,
LorenzaAgoncilloandDelfinaHerbosa.
Theparalytic,ApolinarioMabini,ourfirstSecretaryofForeignAffairs,printedapamphletcalled,
TheTrueDecalogue,abasicdocumentationfortheprogramspertinenttothethen
revolutionarygovernment.
TandangSoraisaplaceinQuezonCitythatisnamedafter84yearoldrevolutionaryMelchora
AquinodeRamos.Shebecameknownbyheraforementionednamebecauseofheragewhen
thePhilippineRevolutionbrokeoutin1896.
GomburzaorFathersGomez,BurgosandZamoraisasculpturethatinspiresinthegardenof
oneofthechurchesintheUniversityofthePhilippines.TheyarethreeFilipinopriestswhogave
theirlivesforthecauseofindependencefromthecolonizers.
Thepowercouple,DiegoSilang,adatuwhowasreplacedbyhisBabaylanwife,Gabriela,inthe
struggleforfreedomare,also,aninspiration.
Nearermyageinourrecenthistory,NinoyAquinoslegacyandfamouswords,TheFilipinois
worthdyingforresonatesinmyheartandmind.Hisdeathgavelifetoournation.
Anotherrolemodelisthemanwhodreamedtheimpossibledream,EvelioJavier,ofAntique.
Nowadays,IonlyhavetoseetheOverseasFilipinosandtheirfamiliestoremembertheheroism
ofourgreatancestors/heroesandrolemodels.
Atsomuchcosttolifeandlimb,theyventureouttocarefortheirlovedonesneedsand
indirectlyhelpourbelovedcountry.
Weappreciateandsalutewhatyouaredoing.WepraythatthePhilippineleadership,will
likewise,emulatethesacrificesofourgreatFilipinosandthus,makeiteasierforFilipinosto
migrateoutofchoice,notoutofnecessity.
Together,inthespiritofbayanihan(collectiveheroismforacommoncauseorcommoncauses
thatweidentify)wecanworktogetherandbecomegreater.
MabuhayangPilipinas.Mabuhaytayonglahat.