{"id":9579,"date":"2019-06-12T08:14:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T08:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queencitycebu.com\/?p=9579"},"modified":"2019-06-16T08:12:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T08:12:42","slug":"history-cebuanos-who-sewed-the-first-philippine-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queencitycebu.com\/history-cebuanos-who-sewed-the-first-philippine-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"History – Cebuanos Who Sewed The First Philippine Flag And The First Flag-Raising In Cebu"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ever since I was in high school, I’ve always been fascinated with anything that’s history related. So much so that I wanted to take up History in College! Ah good old memories… I still have that same passion for it even though I didn’t pursue that path.<\/p>\n
Don’t you just love acquiring knowledge on the things, people and moments that made a big impact on our lives today? I hope more and more people too would want to educate themselves on matters that are history-related. Today, let’s discuss a little on Cebu’s history and be proud. Shall we?<\/p>\n
After the Philippine Revolutionary Army won against the Spanish forces in Cavite, the Philippine flag was first unfolded on May 28, 1898. However, it was formally presented to the people during the official declaration of the Philippine Independence in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898.<\/p>\n
In line with the Philippine Independence Day, little did\u00a0you know that the Philippine Flag was not only unfurled in Cavite but the Cebu KKK also did, in that same year.<\/p>\n
The Cebuanos also sewed their own Philippine flag under an order given to the\u00a0Samare\u00f1o\u00a0Luis Flores –\u00a0<\/strong>who was\u00a0the first President of the KKK<\/strong>\u00a0(Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang, Katipunan\u00a0ng\u00a0mga Anak\u00a0ng\u00a0Bayan) in Cebu.<\/p>\n The order to make the Philippine flag was received by Flores on March 17, 1898 and they finished it on April 3, 1898. They already had the flag even before the uprising (better known as the Battle of Tres de Abril<\/a>) of the Cebu Katipuneros against the Spaniards.<\/p>\n It was a Katipunero named Anastacio Oclarino<\/strong> who delivered the letter containing the design of the flag to Flores. He was from\u00a0Sta. Cruz, Laguna and moved to Cebu to work as a machinist of Smith Bell Shipping.\u00a0Oclarino also\u00a0recruited the first Cebuano members of the Philippine Revolutionary Society.<\/p>\n