Our country, the Philippines, has been colonized by the Japanese, the Spaniards, and the Americans many years ago. Several years later, it was declared that our country was already free from their hands. Yes, it was a long time ago when the Philippines became an independent country, but why do we celebrate it even up to now? Is it necessary to celebrate it?
We all know that the Philippines is an independent country. We celebrate this yearly because first off, it commemorates the day, June 12, year 1898, when President Emilio Aguinaldo, the current president during the time, declared that we are already free from the hands of the colonizers. Second, it is because we are giving honor and love to the people, our national heroes, who spent their lives pursuing to end the the abuses, sufferings, violence, maltreatment, and dreadful punishments from the Spaniards who invaded our country. These people really deserve an honor for they used inadequate armors and equipment, and some only used an ink of a pen and a piece of paper just to fight for the right to independence and to claim the freedom that we once had. We celebrate the independence of our country also because we need to promote a healthy nationalism, as a part of our responsibility as citizens of this nation. It is also because it paved way to the Philippines' better self-government learning to become more civilized and educated.
Even if so, we must never forget that, even if we are already independent, it does not mean that we are completely free. We must always think that our country is still a developing one, and there are a lot of bigger countries that can invade and destroy in just a snap. History may repeat itself. Of course, we are not going to let it happen again. That is why we must bear in our hearts and in our minds that the Philippines is ours. It is our own. As citizens of this country, we are obliged to be more responsible and productive. We must never forget the sacrifices that our heroes had done. We must prove that we are really independent. We must never forget our love for our country. And this makes the 5 shades complete. with this, we will live in a peaceful yet happy and progressive Philippines.
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