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Manila,

1910

San Juan Bridge, Manila, P.I.

It was believed that the first shot of the Philippine-American War in 1899 was fired at this location.

The San Juan Bridge was originally built in 1883 as a water conduit to the city of Manila. In 1899, after an uprising against the Spanish, and America's defeat of Spain in the Spanish-American war, the country veered between Independence and becoming an American colony. Both sides saw things differently,