THE
AGUINALDO SHRINE - #270257
Kawit, Cavite
THE AGUINALDO SHRINE is the national shrine located in Kawit, Cavite in
the Republic of the Philippines, where
the Independence of the Philippines from Spain was declared on June 12,
1898. The shrine is the ancestral home
of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the First Republic of the
Philippines. The house was first built
in 1845 made from wood and thatch, and reconstructed in 1849. It was in this home where the general was
born on March 22, 1869. To commemorate
the “Araw ng Kagitingan” or Independence Day, a national holiday, the
Philippine flag is raised here by top government officials every 12th
of June each year. The house is now a
museum.
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