Exhumed in 1898, his remains were kept by the Rizal family until December 30, 1912, in solemn rites, his remains were interred in the foundations of the Rizal Monument. The martyrdom of Rizal at Bagumbayan (today’s Rizal Park) was followed by the clandestine interment of his remains in Paco Park. Quezon who, in the first radio broadcast by a President in the National Language proclaimed that day was “the fulfillment of the cherished aspiration of Rizal.” On December 30 this year, we also commemorate the 75 th anniversary of the proclamation of the National Language by President Manuel L. Guerrero described him, he was, indeed, the First Filipino. It was through the gift of language and the written word that our national identity was formed: as the late Leon Ma. Rizal‘s devotion to truth, justice, and the civic virtues impelled him to deplore and expose the abuses of colonialism, resulting in his incarceration and eventual execution. Rizal embodies the highest aspirations of Filipinos as a people and as a nation. On December 30, we enjoin Filipinos both at home and abroad to commemorate the anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr.
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