August 23, 1896: Bonifacio and the Katipunan Tear Their Cédulas at Pugad Lawin
Caloocan, Philippines • August 2026. August 23, 1896: Bonifacio and the Katipunan Tear Their Cédulas at Pugad Lawin. cry of pugad lawin, andres bonifacio, katipunan revolution, philippine revolution 1896, balintawak vs pugad lawin, cedula personal, filipino american history, on this day philippines. PHILIPPINE HISTORY • AUGUST 1896 August 23, 1896: Bonifacio and the Katipunan Tear Their Cédulas at Pugad Lawin In the yard of a Caloocan farmhouse, a secret society tore up their Spanish tax certificates and opened the Philippine Revolution — the point of no return the Katipunan chose for itself. PinoyBuilt illustration: the Cry of Pugad Lawin, August 23, 1896. By the third week of August 1896, Andres Bonifacio no longer had a choice about timing. Spanish authorities had discovered the Katipunan — the secret society he led, dedicated to Philippine independence — after a member confessed to a friar on August 19. With arrest warrants already m...