August 28, 1851, Nazaria Lagos
HISTORYa: On August 28, 1851, Nazaria Lagos, maker of the first Philippine flag in Iloilo, was born in Dueñas, Iloilo.
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Lagos sewed the Philippine flag that was raised in the Dueñas town square on June 12, 1899, the first anniversary of the proclamation of the country's independence in Kawit, Cavite by General Emilio Aguinaldo.
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Lagos sewed the Philippine flag that was raised in the Dueñas town square on June 12, 1899, the first anniversary of the proclamation of the country's independence in Kawit, Cavite by General Emilio Aguinaldo.
Known as the “Florence Nightingale of Panay,” Lagos, a Red Cross leader in the Visayas region, had done numerous humanitarian activities, including the nursing of the revolutionaries.
She helped build a hospital for the rebels by providing bamboo beds, chairs, tables, shelves, cabinets, and clothing materials.
She cared for the wounded and sick Filipino soldiers even after she lost two of her children during a smallpox epidemic.
The Red Cross helped her by soliciting food and clothes. Hence, she became the Revolution's first nurse and later, director of the Hospital of the Revolutionary Army.
She died on January 27, 1945 at the age of 93.
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(reference: Philippines News Agency | photo: nhcphistoricsites.blogspot
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