Happy independence day!

There is a lot of work to be done but at least we are free to do it.

(Photos: Left Aguinaldo, public domain. Right Aguinaldo, Michael Rougier. Flag, Wiki.)

Update: I later learned that it was Andres Bonifacio who demanded a Philippine nation without negotiating with foreign governments for control, unlike Aguinaldo who received letters from the Spanish to negotiate peace. This was deemed treason by Bonifacio.

“…The charge of treason sprang in part from Aguinaldo’s reaction some weeks earlier to letters he received from two Spaniards urging a negotiated peace.” For Bonifacio, the revolution was non-negotiable and saw Aguinaldo as willing to abandon it provided the Spanish agreed to some concessions.

“These Documents Reveal the Intense Rivalry Between Aguinaldo and Bonifacio,” Esquire.ph.