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Did you think your 9-yr old grandchildren would read a WWII novel?
It never occurred to me that my 9-yr old grandchildren would read my historical novel “Bahala Na (Come What May). But surprisingly they did and love it. I sent a copy of my book (BAHALA NA – Come What May) to my stepdaughter in Connecticut who have three kids: twin girls aged 9 and their…
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FOURTH OF JULY – A ROSE TO CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE
Striped Red and White Rose Parentage: R. ‘Roller Coaster’ x R. ‘Altissimo’. Fourth of July is a special day for our country. We celebrate our freedom that we cherish and that our veterans fought and died heroically and some are still fighting to preserve what we enjoy today. Won’t it be nice to…
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PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY SALE – From June 5, 2013 until July 4, 2013.
Filipinos now celebrate their Independence Day on June 12, the day they got their independence from the colonial rule of Spain in 1898. When I was growing up, we celebrated Independence Day on July 4, the day the United States granted independence to the Philippines in 1946. To honor both dates, I’m offering a month…
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May 31 – Feast of “Tapusan”
May 31 is a very important date in the calendar of the people of Alitagtag in the province of Batangas. They have the feast of Tapusan which literally means the end and it is celebrated in honor of the Holy Cross on the last day of May. The Hermano Mayor, for the most part volunteers…
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Memorial Day Remembrance
Memorial Day has and always should be a day when we all take a moment to remember and honor our veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice in times of war to protect our freedom. Freedom is not free. Because of these veterans, our families are free today. On this Memorial Day, and every day, may each and…
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The Spaniards discovered the Philippines
On March 16, 1521, Magellan sighted Samar. He made landfall the next day on the tiny island of Homonhon, in Leyte Gulf. During the skirmish, Magellan was killed by Lapu-Lapu on April 27, 1521 during the Battle of Mactan, driving the Spanish explorers away, only six weeks after saying his first mass on Philippine soil.…
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SPECIAL OFFER FOR MEMORIAL DAY
SPECIAL OFFER – For a limited time only – From May 13, 2013 until May 31, 2013. In honor of our veterans and in celebration of Memorial Day on May 27, 2013, you can get a signed copy of “BAHALA NA (Come What May)”, a WWII novel for a special price of $16.95 with free…
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Honor your mother on Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 12, 2013
Anna Reeves Jarvis was the first woman to hold a celebration of mothers in 1858 in West Virginia, where she instituted Mothers’ Work Day to raise awareness about local sanitation issues. During the Civil War, she expanded the scope of Mothers’ Work Day to include sanitary conditions on both sides of the battlefield. Julia Ward…
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May is Fiesta Time in Batangas
In the month of May, town fiestas are very common in Batangas and different barrios celebrate their own respective fiestas. Alitagtag was probably the only town in Batangas or maybe in the Philippines that celebrated two fiestas, one on May 3 and another one on May 7. May 3 was the feast day of the…
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“The Philippines” written by Alexander R Morgan in 1989
As I was looking for some old files yesterday, I bumped into this school report about “The Philippines” that my son, Alexander R Morgan, wrote on May 24, 1989 for his World Cultures class. He was 15 yrs old at that time and in ninth Grade at St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay, NY. …
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