11 September 2015 – Philippine Consul General Mario L. de Leon, Jr. joined the Filipino-American community in celebrating National Heroes Day at the film screening of “Heneral Luna” on August 30 at the Anthology Film Archives in Lower East Manhattan. The movie played to a packed theater of Filipino-American community members as well as Philippine history buffs and film enthusiasts.

In his opening remarks, the Consul General recalled how historians always regarded General Antonio Luna as the most brilliant of the Filipino military officers during the Philippine-American War. As described in history texts, General Luna was a military officer gifted with a quick mind but burdened with an equally quick temper which often caused conflict within the revolutionaries’ ranks, including the then-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Apolinario Mabini and even President Aguinaldo himself.