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First Filipino Graduate of West Point General Vicente P. Lim was a charter member of the Philippine Boy Scouts and the first Filipino to graduate from the United States West Point Academy in 1929. He was also the only foreign cadet to graduate that year. Throughout the valiant stand at Bataan, he continued to inspire … Read more

Graciano Lopez Jaena was born on 18 December 1856. He began his involvement in the propaganda movement at home in Iloilo, where he wrote “Fray Botod,” a satire on friars. He then escaped to Spain where he became the first editor-in-chief of La Solidaridad. He also wrote various speeches and articles admired by his peers … Read more

On the 25th of June, 1864, Galicano Apacible was born in Balayan, Batangas. Galicano Apacible was a doctor. He was also a propagandist in Spain who, with Jose Rizal and other Filipino leaders, co-founded the La Solidaridad. He served as its first president. During the revolution, and then the war against the United States, he … Read more

Mamerto Natividad Jr. was born on 12 June 1871 in Bacolor, Pampanga. At a young age, he showed his tendency to resist injustice. As a student in Colegio de San Juan de Letran, he became a student leader. He was also said to have fired a gun at at Spanish official who slapped his younder … Read more