The Rotary Club of Angono of District 3800 celebrating the "122nd years Philippines Independence Day" on June 12, 2020.
Initially, the nation's Independence Day holiday (Araw ng Kalayaan) was held on July 4. President Diosdado Macapagal moved it to June 12, the date in 1898 on which Emilio Aguinaldo issued the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain.
On May 12, 1962, President Diosdado Macapagal issued Presidential Proclamation No. 28, which declared June 12 a special public holiday throughout the Philippines, "... in commemoration of our people's declaration of their inherent and inalienable right to freedom and independence." On August 4, 1964, Republic Act No. 4166.
It is one of the most significant dates in the Philippine's history because it marks the nation's independence from the Spanish. Filipinos celebrate it annually on June 12.