Filipino-American Friendship Day
- Filipino-American Friendship Day
Filipino-American Friendship Day, July 4, is a day in the Philippines designated by President Diosdado Macapagal to commemorate the liberation of the country by joint Filipino and American forces from the Japanese occupation at the end of World War II.
The Philippines was a U.S. territory from 1898 to 1941, when it was occupied by Japanese forces, and again by Americans for a brief period after the war. The country gained complete independence on July 4, 1946.
Initially, the nation's Independence Day holiday (Araw ng Kalayaan) was held on July 4. Former President Diosdado Macapagal moved it to June 12, the date on which the Philippines had declared independence from Spain in 1898. Filipino-American Friendship Day was created in its place, and it coincides with the United States's Independence Day on July 4th.
ee also
*Araw ng Kalayaan (Philippine Independence Day)
*Public holidays in the Philippines
External links
* [http://www.bibingka.com/phg/misc/july4not.htm The Independence Day That Wasn't ]
* [http://www.famousquotesfunnyquotes.com/quotes/friendship_quotes/ Famous quotes on Friendship Day]
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