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(Joaquin Luna)
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Like his older brother Antonio, he took part in the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/523/today-in-philippine-history-august-23-1896-katipuneros-led-by-andres-bonifacio-tore-their-cedulas" class="news_link">Philippine Revolution</a> and became a colonel in the revolutionary army.  He was also a staff member of the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1269/today-in-philippine-history-september-3-1898-la-independencia-came-out-with-its-first-issue" class="news_link">La Independencia</a>, the periodical organ of the Philippine Revolution against Spain founded and edited by his brother Antonio.
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At the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1608/today-in-philippine-history-september-15-1898-the-malolos-congress-convened-in-barasoain-church-in-malolos" class="news_link">Malolos Congress</a>, he represented the province of La Union and served as treasurer of Asociacion de Paz, which hoped to enforce peace through the surrender of arms by the Filipino rebels in exchange for amnesty during the American occupation.
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In 1901, Luna became one of the principal members of the organizing committee of the Democratic Party and in 1903 he was appointed as an agent in the International Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri.
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December 11, 1874: Joaquin Luna, brother to Antonio and Juan Luna, was born in Manila