A special set of printable trading cards featuring the commanders of the Philippine Revolution was released by the government as part of its National Heroes Day celebration on Monday.
The trading cards, feature 24 of the Philippine Revolution commanders including the following:
1. General Antonio Luna
2. General Macario Sakay
3. General Artemio Ricarte
4. Major Manuel Quezon
5. General Baldomero Aguinaldo
6. General Manuel Tinio
7. General Edilberto Evangelista
8. General Mariano Trias
9. General Emiliano Riego de Dios
10. General Miguel Malvar
11. General Emilio Aguinaldo
12. General Pantaleon Garcia
13. General Gregorio
14 General Pio
15. General Jose Ignacio Paua
16 General
17. General Isidro Torres
18. General Tomas Mascardo
19 General Juan Cailles
20. General Venancio Concepcion
21. General Leandro Fullon
22 General Vicente Lukban
23. General Licero Geronimo
24. General Vito Belarmino
Each card provides info on the year of the commanders’ birth, death as well as his birthplace, occupation and faction.
Among other information available on the card such are the commanders’ battles, the year it was held and whether it was a defeat or victory.
These cards aim to raise awareness among the youth, especially students, of some personalities who have managed to get their names published in history books by virtue of their words or actions.
According to the Malacanang site, National Heroes Day specifies no hero; the law that put into practice the celebration does not name a single one.
“…This lack of specifics offers an opportunity to celebrate the bravery of not one, not a few, but all Filipino heroes who have braved death or persecution for home, for nation, for justice, for freedom,” Malacanang said.
The celebration of National Heroes Day was first signed into law through Act No. 3827 of the Philippine Legislature on October 28, 1931. The Act declared the last Sunday of August of every year an official national holiday.
President Corazon C. Aquino’s Administrative Code of 1987 adopted this in Book 1, Chapter 7, which provided for a list of regular holidays and nationwide special days, setting National Heroes Day as a regular holiday celebrated on the last Sunday of August.
The Administrative Code provides that the list of holidays and special days may be “modified by law, order or proclamation.”
On July 24, 2007, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law Republic Act No. 9492, which amended Book 1, Chapter 7 of the Administrative Code.
By virtue of R.A. 9492, the celebration of National Heroes Day thus falls on the last Monday of August.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=676542
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