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The Death of José Rizal: What Happened on December 30, 1896
The Spanish colonial government scheduled the execution for 7 a.m. on December 30, 1896. They chose Bagumbayan Field — the same ground where the Gomburza priests had been garroted twenty-four years earlier. The choice was not incidental.
How Bagumbayan Became Rizal Park
The Spanish colonial government chose Bagumbayan for executions because it was visible. The message was the point. That same ground is now Rizal Park — and the distance between what it was and what it became is the story of a nation.
