Lesson 4 The First Cry of The Revolution (August 1896)

Name: Cabradilla, John Harold B.
LESSON 4: THE FIRST CRY OF THE REVOLUTION (AUGUST, 1896)
Different Versions of Description

the Nationwide Cry
a. Guillermo Masangkay’s The  This version is written by the Katipunan General
“Cry of Balintawak” Guillermo Masangkay.
(August 26, 1896)  He is an eyewitness of the historic event and a
childhood friend of Bonifacio.
 According to him, the first rally of the Philippine
Revolution happened on August 26, 1896 at
Balintawak. Correspondingly, the date and site
presented were accepted by the preliminary
years of American government.
 But later changed again when his
granddaughter, Soledad Buehler-Borromeo,
cited sources, including the Masangkay papers,
that the original date was August 26.
b. Pio Valenzuela’s  This controversial version of the “Cry of the

Controversial “Cry of Pugad Pugad Lawin” has been authorized by no other
Lawin” than Dr. Pio Valenzuela, who happened to be
(August 23, 1896) the eyewitness himself of the event.
 In his first version, he told that the prime staging
point of the Cry was in Balintawak on
Wednesday of August 26, 1896.
 He held this account when the happenings or
events are still vivid in his memory. On the other
hand, later in his life and with a fading memory,
he wrote his Memoirs of the Revolution without
consulting the written documents of the
Philippine revolution and claimed that the “Cry”
took place at Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896
similar to the assertion of Dr. Pio Valenzuela.
c. Santiago Alvarez’s The  This version of the “Cry” was written by

“Cry of Bahay Toro” Santiago Alvarez, a well-known Katipunero from
(August 24, 1896) Cavite and a son of Mariano Alvarez.
 Santiago is a relative of Gregoria de Jesus, who
happened to be the wide of Andres Bonifacio.
 Unlike the author of the first version mentioned
(Valenzuela), Santiago Alvarez is not an
eyewitness of this event.
 As a result, this version of him is not given of
equal value as compared with the other versions
for authors of other accounts are actually part of
the historic event. Below is his account:
 Monday, August 24, 1896. “There were about
1,000 Katipuneros … The “Supremo” decided to
hold a meeting inside the big barn. Under his
leadership, the meeting began at 10 o’clock in
the morning …It was 12 o’clock noon when the
meeting adjourned amidst loud cries of “Long
live the Sons of the Country” (Mabuhay ang
mga anak ng Bayan)!”
d. Gregoria de Jesus’ Version  This version was written by no other than the
of the First “Cry” “Lakambini of the Katipunan” and wife of
(August 25, 1896) Andres Bonifacio, Gregoria de Jesus.
 She has been a participant of this event and
became the keeper of the secret documents of
the Katipunan. After the Revolution in August
1896, she lived with her parents in Caloocan
then fled to Manila when she was told that
Spanish authorities wanted to arrest her.
 Eventually, she joined her husband in the
mountains and shared adversities with him.
 In her account, the First “Cry” happened near
Caloocan on August 25, 1896.
e. Julio Nakpil The “Cry of  The composer of Katipunan, Julio Nakpil,
Balintawak” second husband of Gregorio de Jesus,
(August 26,1896) deposited his hand-written notes on the
Philippine Revolution in the National Library
under Teodoro m. Kalaw in 1925.
 Here we wrote, “swearing before God and
before history that everything in these notes is
the truth”: “The Revolution started in Balintawak
in the last day of August 26,1896”
 On the page he wrote, “Bonifacio uttered the
First Cry of war against tyranny on August 2,
1896.”
 Finally, he remember that “the first cry of
Balintawak was in August 26,1896 in the place
called Kangkong, adjacent to Pasong Tamo,
within the jurisdiction of Balintawak, Caloocan,
then within the province of Manila.
(Source: Zaide, Gregoria and Zaide, Sonia. (1990). Documentary Sources of Philippine History.
Vol. 5. Manila: National Book Store.)

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LESSON 4: THE FIRST CRY OF THE REVOLUTION (AUGUST, 1896)

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b. Pio Valenzuela’s  This controversial version of the “Cry of the

c. Santiago Alvarez’s The  This version of the “Cry” was written by

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