"Lupang Hinirang", originally titled in Spanish as "Marcha Nacional Filipina", and also commonly and informally known by its incipit "Bayang Magiliw", is the national anthem of the Philippines. Its mu
Julián Felipe, composer of the music
The Philippine Insular Government was an unincorporated territory of the United States that was established on April 11, 1899 upon ratification of the 1898 Treaty of Paris. It was reorganized in 1935
Revenue stamp for the Philippine Islands issued in 1930.
Poster advertising the passage of the Jones Law
Manila, capital of the Insular Government, March 1920.
William Howard Taft was the first civil governor of the Philippine Islands