Troops on the march, Spanish American War ... MacArthur replaced General Otis as military commander and governor of the Philippines. But MacArthur didn't have much of an opportunity to govern.

Philippines on Wednesday commemorated National Flag Day through synchronized flag-raising ceremonies held at over a thousand ...

The Philippine flag was designed by General Emilio Aguinaldo and was sewn by three women in Hong Kong including Marcela ...

May 28 marks the commemoration of National Flag Day, as declared by Presidential Proclamation No. 374 s. 1965, to honor the ...

The United States took control of the Philippines in 1898, as a victor’s bounty in the Spanish-American War, and established military bases there starting in the early 1900s. The colony gained ...

the US navy destroys the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. Spain cedes the Philippines to the US, which proclaims military rule and begins to forcibly incorporate Muslim areas. 1898-1902 - Philippine ...

Here is a brief history of the U.S. military alliance with the Philippines and its complex historical legacy. The Philippines, a former Spanish colony that gained independence in 1946 after being ...