Uniting a Nation at War

Page 154 of Kasaysayan: Story of the Filipino People, Volume 7 (The Japanese Occupation), begins Chapter 7, "Uniting a Nation at War" -- a propaganda poster with a nationalistic slogan. #goliwaliwph #september2018 #pages pic.twitter.com/y9chJOplZ4

— glenncruz (@glenncruz) September 22, 2018

liwaliw Pages this month features the seventh volume or seventh of a series from some of the multi-volume or series titles in my personal library. Volume Seven of Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People is about The Japanese Occupation authored by Ricardo T. Jose. Chapter Seven of the volume, "Uniting a Nation at War," begins:

The Second Philippine Republic was born on October 14, 1943. Jose P. Laurel took his oath of office in Tagalog, thus setting the nationalist direction of his administration. The Philippine flag was ceremoniously raised and flew alone. However, it would be a republic in name rather than substance, because the Japanese remained in the country and wielded power.

Opposite the chapter is a full-page image of propaganda material at the time; the caption reads: "Propaganda posters often contained ironies. This quotes one of Laurel's nationalistic slogans but at its center is the Japanese national flower, the cherry blossom (sakura), which was drawn by a Japanese artist."

The country celebrates National Teachers Month from 05 September to 05 October per Proclamation No. 242 by then President Benigno S. Aquino III. I remember the volume's author Professor Ricardo T. Jose from the Department of History, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines; I sat in in one of his Kasaysayan I classes when classes in UP College Baguio were suspended for a couple of months because of the earthquake in 1990.


[This post is antedated: 20181007]