THE CRY OF PUGADLAWIN

• The cry of pugadlawin


  Marks the beginning of the Philippine Revolution against the Spaniards in 1896.
• The cry of pugadlawin

  At the close of August 1896, members of the Katipunan secret society (Katipuneros) led by Andrés Bonifacio rose up in revolt somewhere in an area referred to as Caloocan wider than the jurisdiction of present-day Caloocan City which may have overlapped into present-day Quezon City.
• Originally the term “cry” referred to the first clash between the Katipuneros and the Civil Guards (Guardia Civil).
• The “cry” could also refer to the tearing up of community tax certificates (cédulas personales) in defiance of their allegiance to Spain.
• The inscriptions of "Viva la Independencia Filipina" can also be referred to as a term for the “cry” literally accompanied by patriotic shouts.
• The Cry of Rebellion in the Philippines happened in August 1896.
• Some accounts pointing directly to Balintawak are associated with "The Cry". Lt. Olegario Diaz of the Spanish Civil Guards wrote in 1896 that the event happened in Balintawak, which corroborates the accounts of the historian Gregorio Zaide and Teodoro Kalaw.
• People of Balintawak initiated the revolution against the Spaniards that is why it is not appropriate to call it ‘Cry of Pugad Lawin’.
• The place Pugad Lawin only existed in 1935 after the rebellion happened in 1896, Lastly,
• The term *Pugad Lawin’ was only made up because of the hawk’s nest at the top of a tall tree at the backyard of Tandang Sora in Banlat, Gulod, Kaloocan where it is said to be one of the hiding places of the revolutionary group led by Andres Bonifacio.
• There were five dates for the Cry August 20, 23, 24,25, and 26
• Five different venues for the first cry: Balintawak, Pugadlawin, Kankong/Kangkong, Bahay Toro, and Pasong Tomo!
• A close associate of Andrés Bonifacio, declared in 1948 that it happened in Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896.

  pio valenzuela
• Historian Gregorio Zaide stated in his books in 1954 that the “Cry” happened in Balintawak on August 26, 1896.


  gregorio zaide
• A Katipunero and son of Mariano Alvarez, the leader of the Magdiwang faction in Cavite, stated in 1927 that the Cry took place in Bahay Toro, now in Quezon City on August 24, 1896.


  santiago alvarez
• An officer of the Spanish guardia civil, stated that the Cry took place in Balintawak on August 25, 1896


  lt. olegario diaz
• Historian who wrote in 1956 that it took place in Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896, based on Pio Valenzuela's statement.

  teodoro agoncillo
• Historian Teodoro Kalaw in his 1925 book The Filipino Revolution wrote that the event took place during the last week of August 1896 at Kangkong, Balintawak.
• Ramon Villegas, Milagros Guerrero, Emannuel Encarnacion

  Claimed that the event happened on August 24, 1896 and took place in Tandang Sora's barn in Gulod, Barangay Banlat, Quezon City.