Heneral Luna also known as
“Heneral Artikulo Uno” or “The Fiery General” was born on 29th of October 1866
and died on 5th of June 1899 at the age of 32. He served as the Supreme Chief
of the Army under the First Philippine Republic wherein Emilio Aguinaldo is the
president. He is also the brother of the prominent painter Juan Luna.
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Heneral Antonio Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta
I have known Heneral Luna
since I was in grade school but, those were only few facts about him. I don’t
know why he isn’t emphasized in our history books. He had this great strategic
idea on how we can defeat our enemy but, here goes Felipe Buencamino and his
men who were making friends with our enemies. I knew that ever since, this kind
of thinking already exists.
Heneral Antonio Luna is a
brilliant general under Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine Revolution.
Heneral Luna is a fiery-tempered but intelligent and strategic general. He is a
tough man with a dignity and has a principle that no man is above the law even
the president. He's strict when it comes to rules. He doesn't want a lousy
soldier. It came to a point that he even hits anyone who is not following him.
His strictness is often mistaken as boastfulness.
The 2015 Filipino historical
biopic film depicting Heneral Antonio Luna’s life and leadership during the
Philippine-American War entitled Heneral Luna directed by Jerrold Tarog earned
lots of positive comments and praises for its great cinematography, production
design, visual effects, costumes, and its actors and actresses.
In the movie Heneral Luna
starring John Arcilla, showed how Heneral Luna was when he was fighting for our
country. The film showed how he was as a Supreme Chief and how he was strict to
his soldiers. He doesn’t want a lame and lousy soldier. He even stated that no
man is above the law even the president.
The film showed his
strengths and weaknesses.
As what Mark Madrona wrote
on his blog,
This year, last August 14,
the Articulo Uno production team together with their staff and crew behind the
prestigious Filipino movie entitled Heneral Luna went to our school and held a
forum on Bayani Ba To? Heroism for Millennials.
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Today Oct. 29, 2015, I plan to read all the posts on Heneral Luna in commemoration of his 149th birthday. Happy Birthday, Heneral!
ReplyDeleteIt was good that you were able to attend the forum last August at APC.
Thank you, miss! :D
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