110th Philippine Independence Day Parade @ NYC (2008)

[kamindanao]

We are proud of you!!! Upholding the Filipino spirit not only here at the Philippines but also abroad. Keep it up. The office of the board of Kalinaw Mindanao Movement, Inc. salutes your extra ordinary works and cause.

Keep it Up may GOD bless you all ! Bagong Bayani >>> OFW!

From: Kalinaw Mindanao Movement Inc.,

[panuodnaman]

Salamat...Mabuhay ang Kalinaw Mindanao Movement.

[REKTIKANONYC]

GO LA SALLE.

[gmmahoney]

....it could have been way better could have been extra ordinary beautiful & meaningful IF....filipino community will have 8 persons{4 ladies 4 gentlemen}in full regalia traditional filipino costumes each group representing each provinces each community while 2 of them a lady an escort inside a full designer costume kalesa carriages while the rest of 6 are partners on each sides & front of kalesa EACH representing 80 provinces 500 local filipino communities but state of the art representations

[rock2rye]

While the Philippines first celebrated its Independence Day on June 12, its independence was only recognized on July 4, 1946 by the United States. Henceforth, Independence Day was observed on July 4, but in the name of nationalism, and upon the advice of historians, Republic Act No. 4166 was signed into law by President Diosdado Macapagal in 1964, proclaiming June 12, which up to that time had been observed as Flag Day, as Independence Day.

[rock2rye]

The declaration, however, was not recognized by the United States or Spain, as the Spanish government ceded the Philippines to the United States in the 1898 Treaty of Paris, in consideration for an indemnity for Spanish expenses and assets lost.

[rock2rye]

The Philippine Declaration of Independence occurred on June 12, 1898 in the Philippines, where Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo (later to become the Philippines' first Republican President) proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain after the latter was defeated at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

[jungyunho]

wow may lasalle pala dun sa parade di ko naabutan. =)

[panuodnaman]

- you should have seen the participants and the crowd chantig La Salle cheers

- kinanta pa ang walang kupas na Alma Mater Song....

- Very Nostalgic