Jose Rizal (Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Realonda) is considered as the Philippines' National Hero. Most commonly referred by his family as Pepe, Rizal was born on June 19, 1961 in the town of Calamba in the province of Laguna in the Philippines. He was the seventh child of the eleven offspring of his proud parents Francisco Engracio Mercado Rizal y Alejandro and Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos. His siblings were Saturnina, Paciano, Narcissa, Olimpia, Lucia, Maria, Jose, Concepcion, Josefa, Tr... read more »
Book Recommendations:History of the Filipino peopleThe First Filipino, a Biography of José RizalHistory and Culture, Language and Literature (Selected Essays of Teodoro A. Agoncillo)In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines read more »
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For the first time in Sunday Stamp,Im featuring a stamps from my home country,Philippines. I received a couple of postcards last week with all this historical stamps on it. First is our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda [1][not in citation given][clarification needed] (June 19, 1861 – December 30, [...] read more »
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