why celebrate bonifacio day

quite an answer, romzee. and i agree with you too, beamer. andres stopped attending formal school since he has to work to support his siblings, he is the eldest. at first he sold canes and fans which he made himself, then eventually held other jobs later on. what i can't understand is why is it that the americans were the ones choosing a national hero for us. part of a covert plan, i guess. just as they do with everything else.

Read what Wikipedia says about this... José Rizal is generally considered the National hero, but Bonifacio has been suggested as a more worthy candidate on the grounds of having started the Philippine Revolution. Teodoro Agoncillo notes that the Philippine national hero, unlike those of other countries, is not "the leader of its liberation forces". Renato Constantino writes that Rizal is a "United States-sponsored hero" who was promoted as the greatest Filipino hero during the American colonial period of the Philippines – after Aguinaldo lost the Philippine-American War. The United States promoted Rizal, who was taken to represent peaceful political advocacy, instead of more radical figures whose ideas could inspire resistance against American rule. Specifically, Rizal was selected over Bonifacio who was viewed as "too radical" and Apolinario Mabini who was "unregenerate."

wow. so that was how rizal was chosen? but the lawmakers felt guilty that they also declared a bonifacio day? why not change the national hero altogether, then?

the important is that we remember their sacrifice for the freedom of our country, doesn't matter if it's his birthday or not. well, a holiday would suffice for him.

i like that too, adnileb. though for all the heroes that has been declared, we might not have any workday left all throughout the year. that is right letran. though i always thought that some who were considered as heroes really do not deserve the title. some were just declared as such as a form of propaganda.

nice idea adnileb... but murkie is right "...we might not have any workday left all throughout the year." hahaha!

Well Gabriela Silang was not married to Andres Bonifacio, She was married to Diego Silang and I think this happened in Ilocos region. The official name of Andres' wife was Gregoria De Jesus (According to Wikipedia). Although there is certain Monica there but it was not clear who this person was.

Their revolution not so perfect but it still something worth remembering. he saddest part is that, it took them literally three hundred years before we were able to revolt. that's how slow we are. I don't think it was glory but it was worth remembering, that once we created a revolution

oh. I didn't know that the "National Heroes Day" was legislated only for WWII soldiers.

yes i know that we have heroes day, and that is celebrated mainly for the wwII "heroes". but in case you haven't noticed, we have a "rizal day", and a "bonifacio day". we have a rizal day since he is the national hero. so my question is: why do we have a bonifacio day? why is there no aguinaldo day, or lapu-lapu day, or mabini day, or whoever-hero day?

well, we're on the same situation. i have read most of the replies here, so i guess i have a lot to think about. you have a point there.

there is no question to the merits of bonifacio. like i mentioned, i would prefer him over rizal.

hello louievill, what do you mean by what more for the supremo? i agree that everybody should be honored for their efforts. but are we really free? we have an independent government, maybe. but is there really a political freedom?

yes, that may be true. but why not extend the same "honor" to lapu-lapu or to all other heroes. they gave their best in their own way in the name of independence. and i think it would be kind of unfair if we are to judge them that they gave less efforts than bonifacio or rizal did.

If being a hero is a mere basis for it, then how come we do not have the national holidays for all other heroes? Anyway, thanks for the response. Have a nice day as well.