Remember that since July 4th, 1776, American settlers have stοlen over 1.5 billion acres of Indigenous land and rеduсed the Indigenous population to 250,000 people by 1900. This is US Manifest Destiny.
America's July 4th celebrations are coming to a close. In honor of the festivities, the A.V. Club has ranked 30 of the all-time greatest renditions of "The Star Spangled Banner." But which performance did they say was the best? Click through the slides to find the answer (we'll reveal it tomorrow).
On the Fourth of July, here's a look at Founding Father Benjamin Franklin's time in London, where he honed his satirical skills and shifted from proud monarchist to revolutionary republican.
1931 INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE: A crowd lines the west side of the South 200 Block of Main Street in Ottawa as the Bob's Clothes Shop float rolls down the street. Bob of Bob's Clothes was likely Robert Latimer, who owned DeTar and Latimer's clothing store at 219 South Main in Ottawa, Kansas. #IndependenceDay#fourthofjuly#KansasHistory
All Franklin County Historical Society Locations will be CLOSED on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 to commemorate Independence Day.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services says it'll celebrate #IndependenceDay this year "by welcoming more than 5,500 new citizens in more than 180 naturalization ceremonies between June 30 and July 7."
Happy 125th Independence from Spain my beloved Nation, the Philippines!
(Which ironically, we're still using the name they gave us.)
For today's independence post, let's talk a bit about General Pío del Pilar.
The attached image is the KKK (Katipunan) flag used by General Pío del Pilar, the namesake of barangay Pio del Pilar, #Makati City.
His flag was called “Bandila ng Matagumpay” (en: “Flag of the Triumphants”) and was first used on July 11, 1895. (And his KKK faction was called “Matagumpay” (en: “Triumphants”)
Pío del Pilar was a force to reckoned with. He liberated , defended, and participated in many battles against the Spaniards. Some of these places we know today as Mandaluyong City, Las Piñas City, the Municipality of Pateros, Taguig, the province of Nueva Ecija, parts of Cavite province, and Calamba City (in the province of Laguna), to mention a few. (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%ADo_del_Pilar )
Fun facts:
General Pío del Pilar was born in Barrio Culi-culi, San Pedro de Macati.
Barrio Culi-culi is today's barangays Pio del Pilar and Bangkal.
While San Pedro de Macati is now Makati City.
His father was a farmer from Pasay City (one of the oldest cities in the country, and itself was a “kingdom” in pre-colonial times, named after Dayang-dayang (princess) Pasay, daughter of Rajah Sulayman of the “kingdom” of Maynila).
And his mother was an embroider from Mandaluyong City.