"We cannot free ourselves unless we move forward united in a single desire." General Emilio Aguinaldo
The Philippine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898 in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. With the public reading of the Act of the Declaration of Independence, Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain, which had been recently defeated at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
