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The Declaration is currently housed in the National Library of the Philippines. [1] It is not on public display but it can be viewed with permission like any other document held by the National Library. During the Philippine–American War, the American government captured and sent to the United States about 400,000 historical documents. [15]
On May 19, Emilio Aguinaldo returned to the Philippines aboard a U.S. Navy ship, and on May 24, took command of Filipino forces. Filipino forces had liberated much of the country from the Spanish. [citation needed] On June 12, 1898, Aguinaldo issued the Philippine Declaration of Independence declaring independence from Spain. [108]
The National Archives of the Philippines ( Filipino: Pambansang Sinupan ng Pilipinas and abbreviated NAP) is an agency of the Republic of the Philippines mandated to collect, store, preserve and make available archival records of the Government and other primary sources pertaining to the history and development of the country.
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...
On June 12, 1898, the Philippine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed at an event led by Emilio Aguinaldo in his mansion in Kawit, Cavite (this proclamation did not address the de jure status of the Spanish colonial government, which continued to exist under the Spanish national government then embroiled in the Spanish–American War). [17]
Richard Stockton, a New Jersey lawyer, is known as the only person to sign the Declaration of Independence and later recant his signature. Imprisoned by the British for adding his name to the ...
National Archives Building. / 38.89278°N 77.02306°W / 38.89278; -77.02306. The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, is the headquarters of the United States National Archives and Records Administration. It is located north of the National Mall at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C.
Follow along with my recitation in the 9-minute video above and you find a copy of the Declaration from the National Archives here. America is the greatest country in the world, but keeping ...