Wednesday,
June 12, 2013—the History Student Society successfully celebrated the country’s
115th independence day. The local government officials, students,
civilians, and the media had participated in the celebration held in front of
the Plaza Heneral, General Santos City.
The
program comprised of two events, one was in the plaza and the other was in
MSU-high school AVR.
Plaza—there
were three invited speakers who gave their inspirational messages with
proudness and glamour as each one of them stated their areas of concern about
the independence. The first speaker was Mr. Ruel S. Palaca. Second speaker
was supposedly Miss Darlene Antonino Costudio but by an instance, was not able
to come so her message was read by Miss Beth Bagonoc. The third speaker
was Chancellor Adurrahman Canacan. The honored speakers talked commonly about
all the sacrifices, hardships, and struggles our ancestors had undergone just
for our country’s independence from the foreign countries. They acknowledged
the need for us Filipinos to preserve our Filipino cultures as well because
these reflects what we were and what we will be as we continue to learn and
learn the value of being an independent Filipino.
MSU
high school—Miss Elma Lumantas gave a speech to commence the forum. She
tackled about how we were and what we were before and after we were given our
independence. She also mentioned how the independence started and what were the
struggles that our ancestors had experienced to have it and how independence
was transferred from July 4 to June 12.
Having
an Independence Day or celebrating it every year reminds us to be very thankful
to the people behind it. Independence day also recaps that patriotism is an
essential characteristic of a Filipino; that we need to nurture it and pass it
from generations to generations. We should acknowledge this event not
just by simply having a program but should also make other parties participate
(could be other schools or industries). Of course, it starts from us,
then in a small group of people, and then gradually, the celebration will
become grander and grander… again, Happy Independence Day!
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