Colleen Shogan
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377 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 15 Aug
Colleen Shogan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's four PM on june twelfth, eighteen ninety eight, in Cavita El Viejo in the Philippines, six weeks after the US naval victory in Manila Bay.
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Standing by the front window of his mansion, Filipino revolutionary leader Emilio Aganaldo waves to a crowd gathering outside.
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They've all arrived after hearing extraordinary news.
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This afternoon, Emilio will declare that after more than three hundred years, the Philippines is no longer part of the Spanish Empire.
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But it's not the first time Emilio has attempted to overthrow Spanish rule.
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Two years ago he had helped lead a rebellion that ended in defeat, and he was forced into exile in Hong Kong.
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But last month he received a surprising message from the American forces in the region.
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After talks with Commodore George Dewey, Emilio was convinced that the Americans would support him in his fight against the Spanish, and he returned to the Philippines to lead his people in rebellion once again.
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Since then, Emilio has assembled a revolutionary army with one purpose: to end Spanish rule in the Philippines once and for all.
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His men have already driven colonial troops from most of the province, and now the time has come for an announcement three centuries in the making.
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A lawyer steps forward and reads out a declaration of independence.
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When he finishes, the flag of the new Philippine Republic is unfurled, and the crowd solemnly listens to the revolutionary march that's been adopted as its national anthem.
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After the celebrations end, Emilio turns his attention to the final obstacle standing between his people and true independence, the city of Manila, where thousands of Spanish soldiers remain, secure behind their high walls.
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The American fleet, under the command of George Dewey, seals off the harbor, while Emilio orders his army to surround the city on land.
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They block all roads and dig 14 miles of trenches, preventing any movement in and out of Manila.
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Then the revolutionaries seize the city's only pumping station, depriving the Spanish garrison of fresh water.
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After this, Emilio settles back and waits for hunger and isolation to do the work.
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Work.
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Realizing that reinforcements are unlikely to arrive, the Spanish Governor General of the Philippines quickly begins negotiations with Emilio.
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But that news isn't received well in Madrid.
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