Mga Gunita ng Himagsikan by Emilio Aguinaldo

1. SECTION 5
Emilio Aguinaldo

2. Intended Learning Outcomes
• Assess the characteristics of Aguinaldo’s leadership as
presented in his memoirs
• Explain the importance of Mga Gunita ng Himagsikan to the
grand narrative of the Philippine History
• Evaluate the relevance of the document to the present time

3. SECTION 5
Emilio Aguinaldo

4. Background of the Author

5. Emilio Aguinaldo
• Was born on March 22, 1869 in Kawit,Cavite
• He was the seventh among the children of Carlos Jamir
Aguinaldo and Trinidad Famy Aguinaldo
• Emilio attended high school at the Colegio de San Juan de
Letran but had to stop in his 4th year because of his father’s
death.

6. .
• At the age of 25, he became Kawit’s first “Gobernadorcillo
captain municipal”
• Became a Freemason during in 1895, joining Pilar Lodge No.
203, Imus Cavite with the codename “Colon”
• He also joined the Katipunan and used the nom de guerre
“Magdalo” in honour of Mary Magdalene
• Aguinaldo become the first and youngest president of the
country by being the First Philippine Republic

7. .
• His presidency was cut short when he was captured by the
American Soldiers in Palanan,Isabela
• Tried to join politics by challenging Manuel L. Quezon in the
1935 presidential elections but he lost.

8. .
• Emilio Aguinaldo died of coronary thrombosis on February
6,1964
• He was 94 years old. In his lifetime he was able to witness
the administration of succeeding presidents of the
Philippines until the term of Presidents Diosdado Macapagal

9. Historical Background of
Mga Gunita ng Himagsikan

10. Historical Background of Mga Gunita
ng Himagsikan
• Aguinaldo produced the first volume of his memoirs between
1928 and 1946.
• The memoirs include accounts from Aguinaldo's birth and
early years until the signing of the Biak na Bato Treaty in
1897. These were based on various documents such as diary
Aguinaldo kept, documents he preserved, and his family lore
he personally gathered from his relatives. It was at the end
of 1963 that Aguinaldo, after much deliberation, decided to
publish his memoirs.

11. .
• Aguinaldo produced the first volume of his memoirs between
1928 and 1946.
• The memoirs include accounts from Aguinaldo's birth and early
years until the signing of the Biak na Bato Treaty in 1897.
These were based on various documents such as diary
Aguinaldo kept, documents he preserved, and his family lore he
personally gathered from his relatives. It was at the end of
1963 that Aguinaldo, after much deliberation, decided to
publish his memoirs.
•

12. .
• It was translated by Luz Colendrino Bucu, the Secretary of
the Graduate School of Education and faculty member of the
University of the East
• it was presumed by Ambeth Ocampo (2017)
• that a second volume was also drafted by Aguinaldo, which
could have covered the resumption of the Philippine
revolution against Spain and the Philippine- American war.
• Until now, no one knows whether it was actually written but
Ocampo hints that it might be hidden in a secret
compartment, drawer or passageway in the Aguinaldo Shrine
in Kawit, Cavite.

13. Sources for the photos
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emilio_Aguinaldo_ca._1919_(Resto
red).jpg
https://www.coursehero.com/file/70117869/426899934-MGA-GUNITA-
NG-HIMAGSIKAN-pptxpdf/
https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo
http://magdalo1897.blogspot.com/

14. THAT’S ALL
THANK YOU
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15. QUIZ TIME!!!
1. Emilio Aguinaldo was born on ______ in _______.
2.What is the full name of Emilio Aguinaldo’s Parents?
3. Aguinaldo produced the first volume of his memoirs
between _____ and _____.
4. Who was the first and youngest President of our
country by the first Philippine Republic?
5.Emilio Aguinaldo died of coronary thrombosis on
February 6, ______

16. Answers:
• 1.on March 22, 1869 in Kawit , Cavite.
• 2. CARLOS JAMIR AGUINALDO AND TRINIDAD FAMY AGUINALDO
• 3.1928 and 1946
• 4. Emilio aguinaldo y Famy/ Emilio Aguinaldo
• 5. 1964

17. GROUP MEMBERS