September 28, 2011, 12:01pm BORONGAN, Philippines - The tract of Eastern Samar will streak the 110th anniversary of the "Balangiga Massacre" officially known as "Balangiga Encounter Day" in brainless ceremonies Wednesday at the 16th century attractive burgh of Balangiga, 100 kilometers of south of the marvellous borough of Borongan. The recorded end which is an documented respite of the section will showcase cultural activities spearheaded by the act community attended by guests from contrasting municipalities. Likewise today, the Balangiga Historical and Cultural Foundation, Inc. (BHCFI) and An Balangigan-on (AB), Metro Manila-based Balangiga historical/cultural groups, will hold a horde at the Ermita Church at 6:00 p.m. in honor of the indigenous bolomen and American soldiers who died in the war of Balangiga on September 28, 1901, road to the end of the two-year Philippine-American War.
On that weighty day, the men of Balangiga armed with inborn weapons staged a lightning invasion on the American garrison of the city at breakfast. The 76 men comprising Company C. Ninth U.S. Infantry, mostly veterans of the Boxer Rebellion in Peking (now Beijing) in China earlier that year were reduced into an minor fighting exact during the battle.
A few survived in the curt bloody onslaught, after managing to thrash out to a choppy deep with the butts of their guns in meagre boats.
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