Unlike most heroes, local or foreign, with official holidays dedicated to them in the calendar, Andres Bonifacio’s day is celebrated not on the day he was “martyred” for his cause but on his birthday, the feast of St. Andrew. Hence, Bonifacio Day comes every November 30.
The reason for this is not alien to most, as the founder of the Katipunan’s death was not one many are particularly fond of recalling. Bonifacio, as history tells us, was executed and his body was never to be found.
What is clear, however, from the various biographies and from letters by and about Bonifacio, is his personality. From narratives by contemporaries, it is known that the co-founder of the Katipunan had a very strong personality. He was charismatic, to be sure. But he was also quick to anger, as has been described on more than one occasion.
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