COMMEMORATION OF THE 127TH PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THE OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL FLAG DAY Division Memorandum No. 271, s. 2025.pdf A word of welcome Dear Visitor, A warm welcome to the official booking site for the Philippine Independence Day 2025 celebration, an event proudly organized in close collaboration with the Philippine Consulate in Flanders, Belgium. This annual celebration holds great significance for the Filipino community, as it commemorates the birth of our nation's independence and honors the courage, unity The Philippines consists of more than 7,000 separate islands. We pay tribute on Philippines Independence Day with a look at Filipinos who rose to fame. This year's theme, “Kalayaan, Kinabukasan, Kasaysayan”, captures the essence of the celebration—freedom, future, and history—woven together to guide a nation rising from its past and marching into its future. The 2025 theme centers on the empowerment of the Filipino youth. With the rise of a younger, more connected generation, this year’s celebrations emphasize education, cultural awareness, and civic engagement as essential tools to safeguard freedom. A steering committee led by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) will oversee the plans for the commemoration of the 127th Independence Day celebrations. The Philippine Independence Day parade on June 1 will be one of the most star-studded celebrations of Filipino pride in New York City. With the theme “Kalayaan, Kinabukasan, Kasaysayan” for this year’s commemoration, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday led the celebration of the 127th anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence at the historic Quirino Grandstand. Before the main program, President Marcos led the flag-raising ceremony and 21-gun salute at the Independence Flagpole in Luneta THE NATIONAL Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) will spearhead the celebration of the 127 th anniversary of Philippine Independence and Nationhood with the theme ‘Kalayaan. Kinabukasan. Kasaysayan.’ on 12 June 2025 at Rizal Park, Luneta, Manila, 7:00 AM. The program shall start with New York, NY – As the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. (PIDCI) gears up for its 35th anniversary of hosting and organizing the largest Philippine Independence Day Parade and Celebration outside the Philippines, the anticipation is truly growing! This year’s milestone event promises to be more vibrant and inspiring than ever before. With this year’s theme “Embrace and Preserve The commemorative events for the Philippine Independence will be held from May 28 to June 12. All local government units and the private sector are encouraged to extend full support and cooperation to the conduct of programs and activities in relation to the Independence Day celebration. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippines, issued a decree on June 5, 1898, proclaiming June 12 of the same year as Independence Day. The Philippine flag was officially unfurled for the first time, while the Nacional Filipina played at his house, then known as Cavite El Viejo. President Marcos has created an inter-agency committee that will plan and implement programs and projects for the commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Philippine independence on June 12. In this year 2025 Independence Day slogan is Kalayaan 2025: Diwasa Pagkakaisa at paghilom ng Bayan.” Today also: 12 th of June 1898 was the day when the Philippines achieved its independence from Spain. Emilio Aguinaldo was the rebellion leader of the Philippines. After that American troops occupied the Philippines. NEW YORK, NY – PIDCI launched its 127th Philippine Independence Day celebration with a Grand Soirée at Rockefeller Plaza. The event unveiled the 2025 theme: “Embrace and Preserve Our Culture.” The theme, "Kalayaan, kinabukasan, kasaysayan (Freedom, future, history)," highlights the struggle for freedom from more than three centuries of Spanish rule of the Islands, culminating in the proclamation of Philippine Independence in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898. The Philippines was a valuable ally dui-Ing World Waf Il, when more than 260,000 Filipinos and Filipino American soldiers bravely served undef the Ameflcan flag; and In 1964, June 12 was designated as the official Philippine Independence Day by the Philippine Congress; and Today, Filipinos represent all levels of professional life, Including The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) will lead the 127th anniversary celebration of Philippine Independence and Nationhood on June 12, 2025, at Rizal Park, Luneta, with the theme “Kalayaan. Kinabukasan. Kasaysayan.” The National Historical Commission of the Philippines, by virtue of Republic Act No. 10086 and Administrative Order No. 23, s. 2011, will lead our country’s commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of Philippine Independence and Nationhood from 2023 to 2026. The theme Kalayaan. Kinabukasan.
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