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GreatFilipinos:OurHeroes,OurModels

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By:AmbassadorGraceRelucioPrincesa

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.

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