Jose Rizal's Legacy . . . A Life Worth Emulating ; Zigfred Diaz ; More than 111 years ago, Spanish authorities shot a man in the grounds of Luneta Manila.

To you Gat Jose Rizal, I sure do hope you are proud of me also, I know you have been guiding the young people of today.  May they see you in themselves.

In 1896 while Rizal was in prison in Fort Santiago, his brother Paciano was tortured by Spaniards trying to extract evidence of Jose's complicity in the revolution.

In 1896 while Rizal was in prison in Fort Santiago, his brother Paciano was tortured by Spaniards trying to extract evidence of Jose's complicity in the revolution. ... Jose Rizal Park, Seattle

Jose Rizal, our national hero, was born in Calamba, Laguna. His parents were Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora ... Preserving the Legacy of Ninoy Aquino

For Filipinos striving to “make their own history,” no tradition weighs as heavily “on the brain of living” as the legacy of Jose Rizal.

1 The full text of the manifesto may be found in Jose Rizal, Political and Historical Writings. Vol VII (Manila: National Heroes Commission, 1964), p. 348.

Jose Rizal is a lush, vivid, ... In a way that has been the legacy of Rizal-bringing light to the Filipinos. He died victorious because in the end his memory and legacy remain forever.

Writer, Hero, Myth, and Spirit: The Changing Image of José Rizal ... Studying Rizal: From Course Work to Fieldwork

José Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda (19 June 1861 – 30 December 1896), known as Jose Rizal, was a Filipino polymath and nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in...