A Revolutionary's Memoir (Still in progress)
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THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION: Regarded by some as a success, and some a failure. But either way, one fact remains. It will forever change how the Filipino people will respond to invaders that dare occupy their motherland.
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Thirty-three years after the beginning of the revolution, Edilberto Cruz finally writes his experience. The horrors of the Spanish occupation, the inspiration brought by the inauguration of the short-lived First Philippine Republic, the hopelessness of the Filipino-American war, and the rising hope for the establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth.
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