(the Philippine Flag)

At first we battled against the cruelty of Ferdinand Magellan and his conquest to siege and let our country depends on Spain, in which one of the powerful Europian nation back in the day of our forefathers. Our noble heroes who once shed blood and gave their lives to saved us from the grueling Spanish reigned. Their memories reminds us, the fight, the hope and the dream to free us from the abusive colonial rule of Spain.

(The proclamation of Philippine Independence in Kawit Cavite on June 12, 1898)

 The battle proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands, on June 12, 1898 which Spain  had been defeated from the Spanish-American war at Manila bay.