Visited the dam Rizal built on his Dapitan property [Top]. When I visited some years ago, I cleared part of the dam of moss reve...

Visited the dam Rizal built on his Dapitan property [Top]. When I visited some years ago, I cleared part of the dam of moss revealing what most people thought to be graffitti left by vandals over the years [Below]. When I read the names: Mateo, Tom, Roman, Lucas, Leo Dagpin, Ani[ceto] Adolfo, Joe Aseniero, and Elum[baring?] I recognized the names of Rizal's students who helped build the dam and signed their names when the plaster was still wet. This is field research that complements archival an...