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The document provides multiple accounts of the Cry of Balintawak, considered the beginning of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. The accounts differ on the exact date and location, but commonly describe secret Katipunan meetings where Andres Bonifacio appealed to tear cedula tax receipts, signifying rejection of Spanish authority. This act marked the beginning of the formal declaration of separation from Spain and launch of the revolution.

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{ Cry of Balintawak
The “First Cry of Revolution” became the movement of the Filipinos to fight back on the tyrannical rule of the Spanish regime it is also called as the “First Cry”, the revolution of independence
What happened? In this scenario the Filipinos tore their cedulas (tax receipt) and proclaimed the start to fight for independence-the main goal.
A. Dr. Pio Valenzuela’s Account “Cry of Pugad Lawin’’ = Dr. Pio Valenzuela has been authorized the ‘’Cry of Pugad Lawin, who happened to eyewitness the event. = . He was also an official of the Katipunan and a friend of Andres Bonifacio. different versions of FIRST CRY..
first version, he told that the prime staging point of the Cry was in Balintawak on Wednesday of August 26, 1896. NOTE: He held this account when the happenings or events are still vivid in his memory. Two versions presented BY Dr. Pio Valenzuela
On the other hand, later in his life and with a fading memory, he wrote his Memoirs of the Revolution without consulting the written documents of the Philippine revolution and claimed that the ‘’Cry’’ took place at Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896.
 The Account The first place of refuge of Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Procopio Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Aguedo del Rosario, and myself was Balintawak, the first five arriving there on August 19, and I, on August 20, 1896. The first place where some 500 members of the Katipunan met on August 22, 1896 was the house and yard of Apolonio Samson at Kangkong. Aside from the persons mentioned above, among those who were there were Briccio Pantas, Alejandro Santiago, Ramon Bernardo, Apolonio Samson, and others. Here, views were only exchanged and no resolution was debated or adopted. It was at Pugad Lawin, in the house, store- house and yard of Juan Ramos, son of Melchora Aquino, where over 1,000 members of the Katipunan met and carried out considerable debate and discussion on August 29, 1896. Only one man protested and fought against a war and that was Teodoro Plata. Besides the persons named above, among those present at this meeting were Enrique Cipriano, Alfonso Pacheco, Tomas Remigio, Sinforoso San Pedro, and others. After the tumultuous meeting many of those present tore their cedula certificates and shouted “Long live the Philippines! Long live the Philippines!’’
B. Santiago Alvarez’s Account “The Cry of Bahay Toro” (August 24, 1896)
This version of the “Cry’’ was written by Santiago Alvarez, a well-known Katipunero from Cavite and a son of Mariano Alvarez. Santiago is a relative of Gregoria de Jesus, who happened to be the wife of Andres Bonifacio. Unlike the author of the first version mentioned (Valenzuela), Santiago Alvarez is not an eyewitness of this event. As a result, this version of him is not given of equal value as compared with the other versions for authors of other accounts are actually part of the historic event.
 The Account We started our trek to Kangkong at about eleven that night. We walked through the rain over dark expanses of muddy meadows and fields. Our clothes drenched and our bodies numbed by the cold wind, we plodded wordlessly. It was nearly two in the morning when we reached the house of Brother Apolonio Samson in Kangkong. We crowded into the house to rest and warm ourselves. We were so tired that, after hanging our clothes out to dry, we soon asleep…. The Supremo began assigning guards at five o’ clock the following morning, Saturday 22 August 1896. He placed a detachment at the Balintawak boundary and another at the backyard to the north of the house where we were gathered….
No less than three hundred men assembled at the bidding of the Supremo Andres Bonifacio. Altogether, they carried assorted weapons, bolos, spears, daggers, a dozen small revolvers and a rifle used by its owner, one Lieutenant Manuel, for hunting birds. The Supremo Bonifacio was restless because of fear of a sudden attack by the enemy. He was worried over the thought that any of the couriers carrying the letter sent by Emilio Jacinto could have been intercepted; and in that eventuality, the enemy would surely know their whereabouts and attack them on the sly. He decided that it was better to move to a site called Bahay Toro. At ten o’ clock that Sunday morning, 23 August 1896, we arrived at Bahay Toro. Our number had grown to more than 500 and the house, yard, and warehouse of Cabesang Melchora was crowded with us Katipuneros. The generous hospitality of Cabeasng Melchora was no less than that of Apolonio Samson. Like him, she also opened her granary and he had plenty of rice pounded and animals slaughtered to feed us….
The following day, Monday, 24 August, more Katipuneros came and increased our number to more than a thousand. The Supremo called a meeting at ten o ‘clock that morning inside Cabesang Melchora’s barn. Flanking him on both sides at the head of the table were Dr. Pio Valenzuela, Emilio Jacinto, Briccio Pantas, Enrique Pacheco, Ramon Bernardo, Pantaleon Torres, Francesco Carreon, Vicente Fernandez, Teodoro Plata, and others. We were so crowded that some stood outside the barn. The following matters were approved at the meeting: 1. An uprising to defend the people’s freedom was to be started at midnight of Saturday, 29 August 1896…. 4. To be on a state of alert so that the Katipunan forces could strike should the situation arise where the enemy was at a disadvantage. Thus, the uprising could be started earlier than the agreed time of midnight 29 August 1896 should a favorable opportunity arise at that date. Everyone should steel himself and be resolute in the struggle that was imminent….  5. The immediate objective was the capture of Manila….  After the adjournment of the meeting at twelve noon, there were tumultuous shouts of ‘’ Long live the Sons of the People!’’
Guillermo Masangkay’s Account ‘’ The Cry of Balintawak’’ (August 26, 1896)
I n 1932, Guillermo Masangkay, a friend and fellow Katipunero of Andres Bonifacio, recounted his experiences as a member of the revolutionary movement. In an interview with the Sunday Tribune magazine, Masangkay said that the First Cry happened in Balintawak on August 26, 1896. In the first decade of American rule, it was his account that was used by the government and civic officials to fix date and place of the First Cry which was capped with the erection of the ‘’Monument to the Heroes of 1896’’ in that place. However, in an interview published in the newspaper Bagong Buhay on August 26, 1957, Masangkay changed his narrative stating that the revolution began on August 23, 1896, similar to the assertion of Dr. Pio Valenzuela. But Masangkay’s date was later changed again when his granddaughter, Soledad Buehler- Borromeo, cited sources, including the Masangkay papers, that the original date was August 26. Source:Torres Jose Victor. (2018). Batis : Sources in the Philippine History. C & E Publishing, Inc.
 The Account On August 26, a big meeting was held in Balintawak, at the house of Apolonio Samson, then the cabeza of that barrio of Caloocan. Among those who attended, I remember, were Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Aguedo del Rosario, Tomas Remigio, Briccio Pantas, Teodoro Plata, Pio Valenzuela, Enrique Pacheco, and Francesco Carreon. They were all leaders of the Katipunan and composed the board of directors of the organization. Delegates from Bulacan, Cabanatuan, Cavite, and Morong ( now Rizal) were also present. At about nine o’ clock in the morning of August 26, the meeting was opened with Andres Bonifacio presiding and Emilio Jacinto acting as secretary. The purpose was to discuss when the uprising was to take place. Teodoro Plata, Briccio Pantas, and Pio Valenzuela were all opposed to starting the revolution too early. They reasoned that the people would be in distress if the revolution were started without adequate prearation. Plata was very forceful in his argument, stating that the uprising could not very well be started without arms and food for the soldiers. Valenzuela used Rizal’s argument about the rich not siding with the Katipunan organization.
Andres Bonifacio, sensing that he would lose in the discussion then left the session hall and talked to the people who were waiting outside for the result of the meeting of the leaders. He told the people that the leaders were arguing against starting the revolution early, and appealed to them in a fiery speech in which he said: ‘’ You remember the fate of our countrymen who were shot in Bagumbayan. Should we return now to the towns, the Spaniards will only shoot us. Our organization has been discovered and we are all marked men. If we don’t start the uprising, the Spaniards will get us anyway. What then, do you say?’’ “Revolt,’’ the people shouted as one. Bonifacio then asked the people to give a pledge that they were to revolt. He told that the sign of slavery of the Filipinos were ( sic) the cedula tax charged each citizen. ‘’ If it is true that you are ready to revolt, ‘’ Bonifacio said, ‘’I want to see you destroyed your cedulas. It will be the sign that all of us have declared our severance from the Spaniards.’’
With tears in their eyes, the people, as one man, pulled out their cedulas and tore them to pieces. It was the beginning of the formal declaration of the separation from Spanish rule….  When the people’s pledge was obtained by Bonifacio, he returned to the session hall and informed the leaders of what took place outside. ‘’ The people want to revolt, and they destroyed their cedulas, ‘’ Bonifacio said, ‘’ So now we have to start the uprising, otherwise the people by hundreds will be shot.” There was no alternative. The board of directors, in spite of the protest of Plata, Pantas, Valenzuela, voted for the revolution. And when this was decided, the people outside shouted, “ Long live the Philippine Republic.”
 This version was written by no other than the “ Lakambini of the Katipunan” and wife Andres Bonifacio, Gregoria de Jesus. She has been a participant of this event and became the keeper of the secret documents of the Katipunan. After the revolution in August 1896, she lived with her parents in Caloocan then fled to Manila when she was told that the Spanish authorities wanted to arrest her. Eventually, she joined her husband in the mountains and shared adversities with him. In her account, the First “Cry” happened near Caloocan on August 25, 1896. Gregoria de Jesus’ The First “ Cry” (August 25, 1896)
 The Account “The activities of the Katipunan had reached nearly all corners of the Philippine Archipelago, so that when its existence was discovered and some of the members arrested, we immediately returned to Caloocan. However, as we were closely watched by the agents of the Spanish authorities, Andres Bonifacio and other Katipuneros left the town after some days. It was then that the uprising began, with the first cry for freedom on August 25, 1896. Meanwhile, I was with my parents. Through my friends, I learned that Spanish were coming to arrest me. Immediately, I fled town at eleven o’ clock at night, secretly going through the rice fields to La Lorna, with the intention of returning to Manila. I was treated like an apparition, for, sad to say, in every house where I tried to get a little rest, I was driven away as if people therein were frightened for their own lives. Later, I found out that the occupants of the houses which I had visited were seized and severely punished – and some even exiled. One of them was an uncle of mine whom I had visited on that night to kiss his hands, and he died in exile.’’