February Should be the Philippine-American History Month and Not Octoberfake© |
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Written by Bobby M. Reyes | |||
Monday, 31 January 2011 10:27 | |||
Americans of Filipino Descent and Filipinos in America Must Celebrate February as the Philippine-American History Month and Not Octoberfake©
By Lolo Bobby M. Reyes
T here should really be a four-week period every year that must be declared the Philippine-American History Month (PAHM). But contrary to the self-proclaimed hysterians, oops, “historians” of the "Filipino-American National Hysterical, oops, Historical Society (FANHS)", February (and not October) should be the month to celebrate the PAHM.
“It is elementary, Mr. Watson” is the reason why February, being the month of many significant historical events in the Philippines-United States relations, should be the best time for both peoples to celebrate the PAHM.
Filipino-American History Events in February 4 February 1899—The three-year Christian phase of the Filipino-American War begins.
2 February 1945—The battle to recapture Manila from the Japanese begins. It takes a whole month to free the city from the invaders. Manila becomes the second most devastated city, after Warsaw, Poland, in the Second World War.
25 February 1986—The American government arranges for the exile of President Marcos, his family and entourage in Honolulu, Hawaii, as the only way to avoid a bloody civil war. Marcos's departure paves the way for the installation of Pres. Corazon C. Aquino.
February is African-American History Month and it is relevant to commemorate with our Afro-American brethren the fielding of more-than 6,000 Buffalo soldiers to the Philippines from 1899 to 1901. Twenty of the Buffalo soldiers defected to the Filipino Army and all died fighting for Philippine Independence, as declared in Kawit, Cavite, on June 12, 1898. After peace in the Philippines was declared on July 4, 1902, by then-President Teddy Roosevelt, more-than 1,200 of the Buffalo soldiers decided to stay in the Philippines after they got married to Filipino brides. The Buffalo soldiers and their other American comrades introduced baseball to Filipinos in 1899.
Besides, the American colonial authorities introduced Valentine’s Day in the Philippines in February 1902, when there was relative peace in the Visayan and Luzon islands. Only the Muslim and Lumad fighters continued the Filipino-American War in Mindanao until 1913 or so.
And finally, the third Monday of February is celebrated in many states as the Presidents' Day of the United States. The PAHM can always be an activity that can piggy-back in the rites remembering Americans who have served in, or visited, the Philippines before they became the President such as William Howard Taft, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush, and the other Presidents who contributed to the making of the Philippines-United States relations.
Filipino-American Events in October
On the other hand, the Chronology lists the following events that transpired in the Philippines-United States Relations in the month of October:
The FANHS Claim of October Is Based on Historical Hoaxes
T he FANHS’ hysterians, oops, “historians” have been pushing October as the month to celebrate the PAHM but their position rests on bogus historical facts and allegations. We have disputed the claims of the FANHS as found in these articles:
The Filipino Heritage Month Is a Big Hoax. It's "OctoberFake."
http://www.mabuhayradio.com/history/the-filipino-heritage-month-is-a-big-hoax-it-s-octoberfake
FANHS Continues to Trumpet “OctoberFake”
http://www.mabuhayradio.com/history/fanhs-continues-to-trumpet-octoberfake
Editor’s Notes: Here are the citations that back up the contention by the chairman of the Philippine History Group, Hector Santos, and his fellow members that the supposed landing made by the so-called Luzones Indios might not have even occurred in what is now Morro Bay:
http://www.bibingka.com/sst/esperanza/morrobay.htm
http://www.bibingka.com/sst/esperanza/indios.htm
http://www.bibingka.com/sst/esperanza/chars.htm
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