Independence Day

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 June 12 is a regular holiday in the Philippines, celebrated annually on June 12th. It is the National Day of the Philippines.

 Known in the Philippines as 'Araw ng Kalayaan', or 'Independence Day', this day commemorates the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain on June 12th 1898.

 United against the Spanish with the American forces, over 300 hundred years of Spanish rule was brought to an end when Aguinaldo proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in Kawit, Cavite, on June 12th 1898.

 A year later, some Filipino's started to feel that all that had happened is that Spanish rule had been replaced by American rule, leading to the Philippine–American War. The result of that was the suppression of Filipino insurrection and ongoing American occupation with limited self-rule.

 It wasn't until July 4th 1946 that the islands gained their full independence.

 The independence from America and Japan on July 4th 1946 was celebrated as the Philippine's Independence Day until 1962 when the date of June 12th was adopted to reflect the initial declaration of independence by Aguinaldo.

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