With just two weeks to go before the nation marks its 113th Independence Day, replicas of the Philippine national flag started to fly in some parts of Manila. The flags were placed along major streets and on bridges starting Friday, the eve of the anniversary marking the first time the Philippine flag was unfurled.
Replicas of Philippine flag are placed on a bridge in Manila Friday afternoon, two weeks before the nation marks its 113rd Independence Day. GMA News
Malacañang has called on Filipinos to display the Philippine flag at home, offices, schools, public buildings and plazas, as well as embassies and consulates overseas from May 28 until June 12. May 28, 2011 (Saturday) marks the 113th anniversary of the first unfurling of the Philippine flag at Teatro Caviteño. “This period commemorates the Battle of Alapan on May 28, 1898 when the national flag was first unfurled in an uprising led by General Emilio Aguinaldo in Imus, Cavite, and culminates on June 12 when the Philippine flag was waved in full view of the world following the formal proclamation of independence in Kawit, Cavite," presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a statement earlier this week. A Palace statement also cited Section 26 of Republic Act 8491, the “Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines," which orders all offices and public venues to display replicas of the flag.
— LBG, GMA News 
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