Marcela Agoncillo Landmark: The House That the Woman Who Made the Flag Built

Posted on the 11 November 2014 by Desiree Munoz @createpinoy
Location: Taal, Batangas, Philippines I visited the house of Marcela Agoncillo, the woman who is known to us all as the person who made the first and official flag of the first Philippine Republic, waived in Kawit, Cavite in 16 June 1898. 
Ideally, that's a good start. 
A group of teens entered the Marcela Agoncillo Historical Landmark and upon seeing the statue fashioned after Marcela sewing the flag with her two companions, one teenage girl said in obvious surprise: "the flag was made here?!" Examining the statue some more and glancing back at her companions she once again exclaimed: "the flag was made here?!" I exhaled heavily and silently exited the crime scene.
Nonetheless, the house is beautiful and the ambiance leaves you exclaiming questions that would (like the teenage girl) lead you back in time. It is located in the old, historical town of Taal, Batangas and open from Wednesday to Sunday from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
I took these photos, you be the judge. The Agoncillo family in Amorsolo portraits. I might have been a little bit fixated on the living room... Who wouldn't? The statue of Marcela Agoncillo, her 7-year old daughter Lorenza, and Jose Rizal's niece, Delfina Herbosa Natividad. The three of them worked on the sewing of the first official Philippine flag of independence that was completed in 5 days.