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Melchora Aquino (January 6, 1812 – February 19, 1919) was a Filipino revolutionary. She became known as " Tandang Sora " ("tandang" meaning "old") because of her age during the Philippine Revolution .
Melchora Aquino was 86 years old when the war ended, but she had many years ahead of her. She spent them caring for her surviving children. Declining monetary rewards for her patriotism and sacrifice, she lived in poverty, content with the knowledge that she had contributed to her country's freedom.
Aug 26, 2019 · Over 120 years ago on August 29, 1896, the Spaniards on suspicion of collaborating with Filipino rebels forcefully arrested Melchora Aquino at her home. She was 84 years old at the time. They were right, of course. But Melchora, affectionately called Tandang Sora, was a collaborator and never a member of the Katipunan.
Jan 5, 2012 · Melchora Aquino. Known as the “Mother of the Philippine Revolution,” Melchora Aquino or Tandang Sora, was born on Jan. 6, 1812, in Caloocan, Rizal. When the revolution broke out in 1896, Aquino, at the age of 84, became a supporter of the Katipunan, providing them with rice and cattle for food.
Aug 29, 2021 · MANILA – On this day and month in 1896, the 84-year-old revolutionary heroine "Tandang Sora," or Melchora Aquino in real life, was jailed by the Spanish government at the old Bilibid prisons in Manila for refusing to disclose the hiding place or places of "Katipunero" leader Andres Bonifacio and….
The Tandang Sora National Shrine (Filipino: Dambana ni Melchora (Tandang Sora) Aquino) is a national monument and memorial park in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is dedicated to Filipino revolutionary and centenarian, Melchora Aquino who is also known as "Tandang Sora".
Apr 29, 2022 · Aside from the basic facts about Melchora Aquino, what else can we know about the "grand old woman" of the Philippine Revolution? Here are 5 fascinating things you might want to know about Tandang Sora.
Nov 7, 2018 · Tandang Sora (Melchora Aquino) alone raised her six children and when the Katipunan was founded, she helped the members by taking care of them like her own children. This is the reason for her arrest by the Spaniards.
Melchora Aquino (Tandang Sora) One of our most famous heroine in Philippine history was born in Banilad, Caloocan on January 6, 1812. Melchora Aquino is better known as Tandang Sora, because she was already old when the revolution broke out in 1896.
Jan 3, 2012 · Accounts in elementary books tell of Melchora Aquino, her baptismal name, as having fed and nursed Katipuneros who were fleeing from and/or wounded in fights with Spanish pursuers.
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