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Reconsidering Emilio Aguinaldo through artifacts

In a recent lecture, historian Ambeth Ocampo challenged his audience to look at Emilio Aguinaldo -- “the hero we love to hate,”-- in a different light as he discussed the Philippine flag, the national anthem, and a narra table

Reconsidering Emilio Aguinaldo through artifacts

An unflagging symbol of nationhood

Located on Baguio's Happy Glen Loop, it has one artifact that no museum — not even the Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit — has: the very Philippine flag that was unfurled on this day in 1898.

An unflagging symbol of nationhood