Jose Rizal, the National Hero

Jose Rizal is unquestionably a great hero and the greatest among the Filipinos.

Whether or not the Americans supported Rizal to be selected as the Philippine National Hero, he himself was already acclaimed as the most significant leader of his people before his dramatic death in Luneta on December 30, 1896 . He have already possessed in himself the greatness and courage a hero must have. 

Jose Rizal: not an American-made hero

Although Governor Taft suggested the Philippine Commission to choose a national hero, it was not he who appointed RIZAL to be the one.