Key historical sites and personnel:
GOMBURZA - Acronym of Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora;
Andres Bonifacio - Supremo of the Katipunan;
Rizal National Monument - Rizal Park, Manila;
Katipunan Monument - Recto Avenue, Manila.
"... its eight rays (of the sun on the National flag) symbolizes the eight provinces: Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija,
Tarlac, Laguna and Batangas, which were declared in a state of war almost as soon as the first revolutionary movement was initiated ..."
(Act of Proclamation of Philippine Independence, 12 June 1898, Kawit, Cavite)