Testimony of Pio Valenzuela

0n August 26th,,a big meeting was held in Balintawak at the house of Apolonio Samson, then
Cabeza of that borrio of Caloocan Among those who attented, I remember, were Bonifacio,
Emilio Jacinto Aguedo del Rosario, Tomas Remigio, Briccio Pantas, Teodoro plata, Pio
Valenzuela Enrique Pacheco, and Francisco Carreon they were all leaders of the organization.
Delegates from Bulacan, Cabanatuan Cavite, and Morong were also present.
At abort nine o’clock in the morning of August 26, the meeting of August 26, the meeting was
opened with Andres was opened with Andres Bonifacio Presiding and Emilio Jacinto acting as
secretary.
The purpose was to discuss when the uprising was to take place. 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 revolution early and appealed to them in a fiery speech in which
he said “You remember the fate of our country who were shot in Bagumbayan Should we return
now to the towns, the Spaniards will only shoot us.

DIFFERENT DATES AND PLACE OF THE CRY

Varios accounts accounts of the cry give defferent dates and places a guardia civil, Lt. OLEGARIO
DIAZ, Identified the cry to have happened in Balintawak on 25 August 1896, TEODORO KALAW,
filipino historian, mark the place to be in KANGKONG BALINTAWAK on the last week of August
1896, SANTIAGO ALVARES a Katipunero and Son of MARIANO ALVARES, Leader of the
Magdiwang Faction in Cavite, put the cry in Bahay Toro in Quezon City on August 24 1896 Pio
Valenzuela, know Katipunan and Privy to many event concerning the Katipunan Stated that the city
happened in Pugad lawin on 23 August 1896. Historian GREGORIO ZALDE identified the city to
have happened in balintawak on 26 August 1896. According to statement by Pio Valenzuala research
by historians, MILAGROS GUERERO, EMMANUEL ENCARNACION and RAMON
VILLEGAS claimed that the event took place in Tandang Sora's barn in gulod,barangay banlat
quezon city on 24 august 1896.

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CONCEPTION
 Case Study 4: Where Did The Cry Of
Rebellion Happen?
SUBMITTED BY: Angelica Sotto
SUBMITTED TO: Bienvenida Bactasa

Testimony of Pio Valenzuela

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 Kankong. Aside from the persons mentioned above, among those
who were there were Briccio Pantas, Alejandro Santiago, Ramon Bernado, Apolonio
Samson, and others , The discussion was on whether or not the government
revolution against the spanish government should be started on August 29, 1896.
After The tumultuous meeting, many of those present tore their cedula
certificates and shouted “long live the Philippines. Long live the Philippines from the
eyewitness accounts presented, there is deed marked disagreement among historical
witness as to the place and time of the occurrence of the cry, using primary and
secondary sources, four primary and secondary sources, four places have been
identified Balintawak , kankong Pugad lawin and Bahay toro while the dates vary
23,24,25, or 26 August 1896 Valenzuela’s account should read with caution; He
once told a spanish investigator that the “Cry” Happened in Balintawak on
Wednesday 26, August 1896
As for the dates, Bonifacio and his troops may have been moving from one place to
another to avoid being located by the spanish government, which could explain why
there are several accounts of the cry.
 Analysis of Cry Of Rebellion Happen?
The Cry of Pugad Lawin (Filipino: Sigaw ng Pugad Lawin), alternately and
originally referred to as the Cry of Balintawak.At the close of August 1896,
members of the Katipunan secret society led by Andrés Bonifacio rose up in
revolt somewhere in an area referred to as Caloocan, wider than the
jurisdiction of present-day Caloocan City which may have overlapped into
present-day Quezon City.Originally the term "Cry" referred to the first clash
between the Katipuneros and the Civil Guards. The cry could also refer to
the tearing up of community tax certificates in defiance of their allegiance to
Spain. This was literally accompanied by patriotic shouts.
Because of competing accounts and ambiguity of the place where this event
took place, the exact date and place of the Cry is in contention. From 1908
until 1963, the official stance was that the Cry occurred on August 26 in
Balintawak. In 1963 the Philippine government declared a shift to August
23 in Pugad Lawin, Quezon City.