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Doña Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo was a Filipina who was the principal seamstress of the first and official flag of the Philippines, gaining her the title of "The Mother of the Philippine Flag."
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National historical marker installed in Agoncillo's house in Taal, Batangas
Ancestral House of Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo in Taal, Batangas
The detail of Fernando Amorsolo's The Making of the Philippine flag depicting Agoncillo and company's manual sewing
The thimble used by Doña Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo in sewing the first Philippine flag; on display at Presidential Museum & Library.
Old Marcela Agoncillo School Building
Three Women Weaving the Filipino Flag monument by Napoleon V. Abueva erected in UP campus to commemorate the historical sewing
Marcela Mariño Agoncillo (Batangas Provincial Capitol)In their orbit 1
About this person
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1859 to 1946 · aged 86
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