Andres Bonifacio Day

Nowadays, who among you still remember Andres Bonifacio as a National Hero of the Philippines? Well maybe there are only few person here remember who is Andres Bonifacio and what contribution He made for us.

Andres Bonifacio was born to Santiago Bonifacio and Catalina de Castro in Tondo, Manila and was the eldest of six children. His father was a tailor who served as a teniente mayor (municipal official) of Tondo while his mother (a mestiza of Spanish descent) worked in a cigarette factory.

He was orphaned in his late teens - his mother died of tuberculosis in 1881 and his father followed a year after.

But how Andres Bonifacio became Hero?

He was a founder and leader of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution. He is considered a de facto national hero of the Philippines.Bonifacio is also considered by some Filipino historians to be the first president of the Philippines, but he is not officially recognized

And Andres Bonifacio's birthday on November 30 is celebrated as Bonifacio Day and is a public holiday in the Philippines.

Honestly! the reason why I remember Andres Bonifacio just because my Grandmother Birthday was the same with Andres Bonifacio, and I think my Grandmother name come's after Andres which is Andrea.

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