Miguel Malvar: the general who fought US imperialism
Miguel Malvar: the general who fought US imperialism
By DEE AYROSO
Bulatlat
MANILA – Amid the Duterte administration’s increasing openness to the influence and entry of foreign governments and corporations into the country, it will do Filipinos well to remember those who stood up against foreign deception and oppression: revolutionaries who served the country and waged armed struggle against colonizers.
Among them was General Miguel Malvar, who was born on this day, Sept. 27, in 1865 in Sto. Tomas, Batangas. He was the regional commander of the revolutionary forces which fought the Spanish forces from 1896 to 1898. He became the overall military commander of the succeeding war against Americans, following the surrender by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and his top men.
A little known hero, Malvar may best be remembered for his manifesto, issued at the height of the Philippine-American War. On July 13, 1901 in Mt. Makiling, he condemned the US and its aggression, and called on revolutionaries to carry on the resistance against the American colonial forces. This was in spite Aguinaldo’s surrender and subsequent call on Filipino forces to lay down their arms.
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