WATAWAT "FLAG"
Ang WATAWAT ay sagisag ng pagkakilanlan ng isang bansa.Sa pamamagitan ng watawat ay malalaman natin kung sino, at saan ito nagmula.Tayong mga filipino ay may sariling watawat o bandila,at sa tingin ko mas lalo pa tayong kinikilala sa ibang bansa, hindi dahil sa ating angking galing sa pag sasayaw,pagkanta,atbp,kundi dahil na rin sa makasaysang pinagmulan ng ating laban ng ating mga bayani laban sa mga nais sumakop sa ating bansa.Higit sa lahat ang tunay na pinagmulan ng ating watawat.Ngunit ang katanungang gumugulo saking isipan,"Sapat na ba ang ating kaalaman sa tunay na kasaysayan ng ating bansa? Sa kabila ng ating katanungan ito ay naliwanagan ako ng lubos ng mapanood ko ang pelikulang watawat"FLAG". Ang pelikulang ito ay tungkol sa pinagmulan ng pamahalaan ng pilipinas at syempre ang makasaysayang paghahabi sa ating pambansang watawat.Dito inilahad n Melchor"TANDANG SORA"Aquino.Ang paghahabi sa kasaysayan ng ating bansa at ang kontribusyon nila Emilio Aguinaldo,Apolinario Mabini,Diego Silang,Jose Rizal,at ang naghabi ng watawat ay sina Marcela agoncilla ang anak nya na si Lorenza at si Donya Delfina Herbosa de Natividad.Sila ang mga taong namumukod tanging maipagmamalaki ng lubos dahil sa malaki nilang naiambag sa ating lipunan.
Para sa mga kabataang katulad ko,ay dapat natin malaman ang lahat nang ang gulo ng lipunan tulad ng pangkabuhayan,panlipunan,pampulitika,atbp.Kaya't ang kaalaman sa iba't ibang disiplina sa agham panlipunan ay nakakatulong upang maiintindihan natin ang mga aspeto ng kasaysayan.
The Philippine National Flag made its first public appearance at General Aguinaldo's declaration of independence from Spain. Prior to this flag, there were several Katipunan flags and war banners and some of the revolutionary generals had their own flags, some of which stand some similarity to the present national flag. The Philippine flag was banned at certain times during the US and Japanese occupation. The exact specifications of the flag were placed down in 1936 although the blue used in the flag has long been an issue of debate amongst historians. The blue was changed to royal blue in 1998 as a compromise to the argument regarding the use of a Cuban blue, American (or navy) blue and sky blue used in previous flags.
While in forced exile abroad, one of the first tasks of the founding fathers of the aspiring new nation was the preparation of the symbols of state - a new flag and a new Philippine National anthem. They decided to have a new common flag to use in another attempt at independence. This new flag would not have the stigma of disunity of the previous war standards, and it would symbolize the common aspirations for freedom.
The design of the new flag was decided by General Emilio Aguinaldo and the other leaders after a great deal of discussion and study. The sketch was submitted to Mrs. Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo, who was living with her husband Don Felipe Agoncillo at No. 535 Morrison Hill Road, Hong Kong, where the other exiles lived. This patriotic woman was requested by General Aguinaldo to make the flag because of her skill in sewing, which she acquired from her hometown of Lipa, Batangas and her student days at the Colegio de Santa Catalina, Manila.
two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a white equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; in the center of the triangle is a yellow sun with eight primary rays (each containing three individual rays) and in each corner of the triangle is a small yellow five-pointed star.
