To Rizal monument.

Broadside informing of the right to use public land in the City of Manila to erect a statue to José Rizal, funded by popular subscription. The act granting that right is enacted by the United States Philippines Commission on September 28, 1901.. There is also a letter, dated November 4th, 1901, of the Rizal Monument Committee addressed to the people of the Philippines explaining the reasons behind the construction of such a monument. José Protasio Mercado Rizal y Alonso Realonda, known as José Rizal (1861-1896) was a Filipino nationalist, key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain. He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion for his writtings, though he was not actively involved. He is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines,

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