On Flag Day 2020, the Philippine flag was also on the face masks of Philippine Navy personnel

Flag Day is a bit different this year. With the Philippines still fighting the novelcoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), personnel of the Philippine Navy wore face masks donned with the Philippine Flag.

Flag Day is celebrated every May 28 of the year to commemorate the very first time the Philippine Flag was unfurled, following the victory of Philippines over Spain in the Battle at Alapan in Imus, Cavite on May 28, 1898.

According to the Philippine Gazette, the Philippine Flag was "sewn in Hong Kong by Filipino expatriates and brought to the country by [Emilio] Aguinaldo" who arrived in the country a few days before, when he returned from exile.

It wasn't until Aguinaldo proclaimed Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898 at his residence in Kawit, Cavite that the Philippine Flag was formally presented to the Filipino people. — Danny Pata/LA, GMA News