Visitors to the Marcelo H. del Pilar Shrine in Bulacan can measure themselves beside a life size photograph of the hero. They can even try on his iconic "bigote."
Textbook history teaches us that he was one of the pillars of the Propaganda Movement in Spain, editor of the reformist paper "La Solidaridad." Left out are details of his life: Rizal as a "frenemy" and he abandoned a wife and two daughters for his country. You have to be a stone not to be touched by his letters filled with longi...
Published on December 22, 2023 03:33