Claims of Balintawak: Different Dates and Places

Claims of Balintawak
Guillermo Masangkay
 The first cry of revolution happened in Balintawak, at the house of Apolonio

Samson, on August 26, 1896.
 9 o’clock in the morning, the board of directors held a meeting for the final date
of uprising.
 Bonifacio went outside the hall and talked to the people waiting outside.
 5 o’clock in the afternoon, Spaniards were coming to them as their organization
was discovered and they are all marked men.
 Claimed cédulas were torn more than once. (August 24 and August 26)
The Cry of Balintawak: A Contrived Controversy
Soledad Borromeo-Buehler
 Descendant of Guillermo Masangkay

 Supporter of the notion of "two cries."
 What supports this claim is the supposed meeting that took place before the
cry, and the supposed battle that took place after the cry.
 She concludes that the "Cry of Pugad Lawin" as we know today is a "hoax." Or
malicious deception.
https://prezi.com/p/z7cnln28nghl/first-cry-of-the-revolution/
 The Philippine Revolution against over 300 years of Spanish rule began with
Andrés Bonifacio, leader of the Katipunan, a secret revolutionary society that sought
independence for the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule.
 In August 1896, in the sitio of Pugad Lawin in Balintawak, now part of Quezon
City, the Katipuneros led by Andrés Bonifacio rose up in revolt by tearing up their
“cedulas” which became a sign of enslavement of the Filipinos. This event called the
“Cry of Pugad Lawin,” officially regarded as the start of the Philippine Revolution
against Spain with the use of violence and arms.
DIFFERENT DATES AND PLACES
 Several accounts provide differing dates and places for the Cry of Pugad Lawin.
 Olegario Diaz, who was an officer of the Spanish Guardia civil stated that the
Cry happened in Balintawak on August 25, 1896.
 Historian Teodoro Kalaw wrote in his 1925 book entitled The Filipino Revolution
that the Cry took place during the final week of August 1896 at Kangkong,
Balintawak.
 Santiago Alvarez, a Katipunero and son of Mariano Alvarez who was the leader
of the Magdiwang faction in Cavite, stated in 1927 that the cry happened at Bahay
Toro, now in Quezon City on August 24, 1896.
 Pío Valenzuela, Andrés Bonifacio’s close associate, declared in 1948 that the
event took place on August 23, 1896, in Pugad Lawin.
 Some of the apparent confusion about the place where it happened is in part
due to the double meanings of the words “Balintawak” and “Caloocan” at the turn of
the century.
 However, from 1908 until 1963, this event was officially recognized as having
happened on August 26 in Balintawak. Ultimately, the Philippine government declared
in 1963 a change from August 26 to August 23 in Pugad Lawin, Quezon City.
https://www.theurbanroamer.com/pugad-lawin-where-the-revolution-was-born/
The Cry of Pugad Lawin (Filipino language: Sigaw ng Pugad Lawin), alternately

and originally referred to as the Cry of Balintawak (Filipino language: Sigaw ng
Balintawak, Spanish: Grito de Balintawak ) was the beginning of the Philippine
Revolution against Spanish rule. At the close of August 1896, members of
the Katipunan secret society (Katipuneros) led by Andres Bonifacio rose up in revolt
somewhere in an area referred to as Kalookan, wider than the jurisdiction of present-
day Caloocan City and overlapping into present-day Quezon City.
Originally the term "Cry" referred to the first skirmish between the Katipuneros and
the Civil Guards (Guardia Civil). Other definitions of the term have been made over the
years, but today it is popularly understood to refer to the tearing of community tax
certificates (cédulas personales) by the rebels to mark their separation from Spain.
This was literally accompanied by patriotic shouts.
Because of differing accounts and the ambiguity of place names in these accounts, the
exact date and place of the Cry is disputed. From 1908 until 1963, the official stance
was that the Cry occurred on August 26 in Balintawak. In 1963 the Philippine
government declared a shift to August 23 in Pugad Lawin, Quezon City.
Different dates and places
Various accounts by participants and historians give differing dates and places for the
Cry. An officer of the Spanish guardia civil, Lt.
 Olegario Diaz, stated that the Cry took place in Balintawak on August 25, 1896.
 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.
 Santiago Alvarez, the 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.
 Pío Valenzuela, a close associate of Andrés Bonifacio declared in 1948 that it
happened in Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896.
 Gregorio Zaide stated in his books in 1954 that the "Cry" happened in
Balintawak on August 26, 1896.
 Fellow historian Teodoro Agoncillo wrote in 1956 that it took place in Pugad
Lawin on August 23, 1896, based on Pío Valenzuela's statement.
 Accounts by Milagros Guerrero, Emmanuel Encarnacion and Ramon Villegas
claim the event to have taken place in Tandang Sora's barn in Gulod, Barangay
Banlat, Quezon City.
Some of the apparent confusion is in part due to the double meanings of the terms
"Balintawak" and "Kalookan" at the turn of the century. Balintawak referred both to a
specific place in modern Caloocan and a wider area which included parts of modern
Quezon City. Similarly, Kalookan referred to modern Caloocan and also a wider area
which included modern Quezon City and part of modern Pasig. Pugad Lawin, Pasong
Tamo, Kangkong and other specific places were all in "greater Balintawak", which was
in turn part of "greater Caloocan".
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Cry_of_Pugad_Lawin
So as for me, Pugad Lawin and Balintawak are the same wherein Pugad Lawin is
part of Balintawak.

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 The first cry of revolution happened in Balintawak, at the house of Apolonio

The Cry of Balintawak: A Contrived Controversy

 Descendant of Guillermo Masangkay

DIFFERENT DATES AND PLACES

The Cry of Pugad Lawin (Filipino language: Sigaw ng Pugad Lawin), alternately

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