Elvie Rose Rondina

BSME 1

MODULE 3

Cry of Pugad Lawin or Cry of Balintawak?

Using the chart below map-out the conflicting claims by providing, the dates and places given by the
claimants including their biases, arguments or proofs for their claims.

Claimants Dates Place Basis

Lt. Olegario Diaz August 25, 1896 Balintawak  He was the Spanish Commander of
Manila's Guardia Civil Veterana.
 He was in charge of the
investigation into the discovery of
the Katipunan, where he included
his official report findings on the
location and date of the revolution's
first rally.
Teodoro Kalaw Last week of  Filipino historian
August Kangkong,  Teodoro Kalaw wrote in his 1925
Balintawak book entitled The Filipino
Revolution that the Cry took place
during the final week of August
1896 at Kangkong, Balintawak.
Santiago Alavarez August 24, 1896 Bahay Toro,  Santiago Alvarez, a well known
Quezon City Katipunero and the son of Mariano
Alvarez, the leader of the Cavite
Magdiwang faction.
 A relative of Gregoria De Jesus,
who happened to be the wife of
Andres Bonifacio.
Pio Valenzuela  He is an official of the Katipunan
and a friend of Andres Bonifacio
August 23, 1896 Pugad Lawin who was present during the event.
 Memoirs of the K.K.K. and the
Philippine Revolution was the title
of his published account.
 The official date and location of the
first cry were largely based on Dr.
Pio Valenzuela's account.
 In 1963, the National Historical
Commission (today's National
Historical Commission of the
Philippines) determined that, based
on extensive research of primary
sources, the First Cry of the
Philippine Revolution occurred on
August 23, 1986.
 The first cry was described in
Chapter 6 of the Memoirs in the
book "The Katipunan and the
Revolution." Paula Carolina Malay's
English translation of (QC:ADMU,
1992)
 He presents an account that is
devoid of any dramatic description,
as it is simply a retelling of events
that occurred in Bahay Toro on
August 24, 1896.
Guillermo Masangkay August 26, 1896. Balintawak, at  He witnessed the historic event and
the house of was Friend, adviser and fellow
Apol Katipunero of Andres Bonifacio,
recounted his experiences as a
member of the revolutionary
movement
 He was one of the first member of
the Katipunan.
 He stated in an interview with the
Sunday Tribute magazine that the
first cry occurred on August 23,
1896 in Balintawak.
 During the first decade of American
rule, the government and civic
officials used his account to
determine the date and location of
the first cry, which culminated in the
erection of the "Monument to the
Heroes of 1896" in that location.
 But an interview in the newspaper
Bagong Buhay on August 26, 1957,
Masangkay changed his narrative
stating that the revolution began
August 23, 1896, similar of Dr. Pio
Valenzuela. But Masangkay’s date
was later changed again when his
granddaughter, Soledad Buehler-
Borromeo, cited sources, including
the Masangkay papers, that the
original date was August 26, 1896.
Gregorio Zaide August 26, 1896  He was an historian
 Gregorio Zaide stated in his books in
Balintawak 1954 that the "Cry" happened in
Balintawak on August 26, 1896. 
Teodoro Agoncillo  He was an historian
Pugad Lawin  Teodoro Agoncillo wrote in 1956
August 23, 1896 that it took place in Pugad Lawin on
August 23, 1896, based on Pío
Valenzuela's statement. 
Milagros Guerrero, August 24, 1896 Tandang Sora's  Historians
barn in Gulod,  Accounts by Milagros Guerrero,
Emmanuel Encarnacion Barangay Emmanuel Encarnacion and Ramon
and Ramon Villegas Banlat, Quezon Villegas claim the event to have
City taken place in Tandang Sora's barn
in Gulod, Barangay Banlat, Quezon
City

Assessment of the claims

Rubric:

Full accomplishment 30 Student mapped –out and assessed the conflicting

versions of the venue of the first cry of the Philippine

Revolution in a clear and consistent manner.

Substantial accomplishment 20 Student mapped –out and assessed the conflicting
versions of the venue of the first cry of the Philippine
Revolution but do so in a somewhat consistent
manner.

Little or partial accomplishment 10 Student has difficulty in mapping –out and assessing
the conflicting versions of the venue of the first cry
of the Philippine Revolution consistently.