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Jul 21, 2021 · That was how Dr. George Aseniero, eminent Filipino historian and authority on Rizal, began his brilliant paper, “The Game of Great Powers: Rizal on Imperialism.” The Spanish-American War was not fought in Spain nor in the United States but in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
Jun 16, 2021 · Globe-trotting national hero Jose Rizal did not appreciate being quarantined in San Francisco for six days by U.S. Customs and Immigration. He also witnessed discrimination and, consequently, did not get a good impression of America when he visited in April 28 to May 6, 1888.
May 21, 2021 · It is not surprising that Rizal was unimpressed by America. He was an old soul with a cosmopolitan mindset, a man who matured and was formed by education and travel through Europe. Even New York failed to amaze him, “because there, everything is new.”
- Rizal in The Us
- The Transcontinental Railroad System
- Rizal’s Notable Stops
About a year after Rizal had published his first novel, Noli Me Tangere,in Heidelberg, Germany, he returned to the Philippines but stayed only for six months. The novel exposed the inequality and oppression Filipinos suffered under Spain. The Spaniards who held all secular power in the Philippines, the government and the church, did not approve of ...
Crossing the entirety of the continental US was difficult in those days. There were no airplanes or airports and there were no cars or buses and no highways. There was no system of highways along which stage coaches could travel. The fastest way to get from the West coast to the East cost of the United States was by train. In the latter third of th...
As anyone who studies Rizal knows, the man recorded his life meticulously through his journals—a habit he’d nurtured since childhood. And through his journals, one may piece together Rizal’s sojourn across the continental US.
His change of heart from supporting calm reforms to taking a more direct stance shows how deeply he understood how difficult it was to fight colonial powers. Even after he died as a hero on December 30, 1896, Rizal's influence is still felt today.
- Danilo Pelaso
claimed that Rizal had committed a Retraction, whereas the Rizal Masonists insisted that Rizal did not recant his views about the Catholic Church and the Spanish gov ernment.
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Jun 9, 2024 · The Republic Act 1425 (Rizal Bill) of the Philippines mandated studying the Life and Works of Rizal to promote and develop nationalism by developing the nationalistic consciousness of today’s...
