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29 September 2012
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33°49'55.42"N, 118°15'37.73"W
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801 E. Carson Street (English)
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Philippine National Hero. Born on 19 June 1861. Doctor, poet, writer, educator, linguist, inventor.<br><br>Authored novels Noli Me Tangere (1887) and El Filibusterismo (1891) which bared colonial oppression of the Filipinos. He advocated nonviolent struggle for freedom but was charged with inciting dissent.<br><br>The living soul of the 1896 Philippine revolution, he was executed on 30 December 1896.<br><br>His martyrdom inspired a sense of nationhood that eventually led to the proclamation of the Philippine Independence in 1898.<br><br>Installed in commemoration of Jose Rizal’s 150<sup>th</sup> birth anniversary. (English)
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