May 15, 1974 First Day Covers in commemorating Gabriela Silang for her bravery against the Spaniards. Envelops are attached with a block of four stamps, issued as one of the Famous Filipino Series in the Philippines Postal Stamps.

Her complete name is María Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang (March 19, 1731 – September 20, 1763), she was the wife of the Ilocano insurgent leader, Diego Silang. Following Diego's assassination in 1763, she led the group for four months.

Together with Cariño, and Sebatian Andaya and Manuel Flores, there she regrouped her troops, and rallied the Tingguian community to fight. Gabriela’s troops of 2000 fighters attacked the Spanish in Vigan on September 10, 1763. With a larger number of the Spanish troops, the 6000 men strong Spanish garrison was ready, with amassing Spanish, Tagalog, and Kapampangan soldiers, and Ilocano collaborators recruited from other regions to ambush her and rout her forces. Many were killed. She escaped, alongside Cariño and seven others, but later caught on September 20, 1763. They were summarily hanged in Vigan's plaza. She was the last to be hanged.




We can see her monument at Makati Greenbelt area; it was created by Jose M. Mendoza in 1971 to remind us her bravery and patriotism for our Mother land. 

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