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    Rizal spent his last day visiting with priests and friends, writing letters, and saying goodbye to his family. On the morning of December 30th, 1896 he was executed by firing squad in Bagumbayan for treason against Spain. He died at age 35, facing the firing squad with courage. His martyrdom inspired growing nationalism in the Philippines and paved the way for revolution against Spanish colonial rule.

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    Rizal spent his last day visiting with priests and friends, writing letters, and saying goodbye to his family. On the morning of December 30th, 1896 he was executed by firing squad in Bagumbayan for treason against Spain. He died at age 35, facing the firing squad with courage. His martyrdom inspired growing nationalism in the Philippines and paved the way for revolution against Spanish colonial rule.

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    Rizal spent his last day visiting with priests and friends, writing letters, and saying goodbye to his family. On the morning of December 30th, 1896 he was executed by firing squad in Bagumbayan for treason against Spain. He died at age 35, facing the firing squad with courage. His martyrdom inspired growing nationalism in the Philippines and paved the way for revolution against Spanish colonial rule.

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    Ri z a l ' s La s t H o u rs

    December 29, 1896


    • December 29, 1896 – Capt. Rafael Dominguez was designated by Polavieja
    to take charge of all arrangements for the execution of Rizal – to be shot at
    the back by a firing squad at 7 AM in Bagumbayan (Luneta).

    • At 7:00 AM – an hour after reading the death squad, Rizal was moved to the
    prison chapel , where he spent his last moments. First visitors were Fr.
    Miguel Saddera Mata (Rector of Ateneo Municipal ) and Fr. Luis Viza, Jesuit
    teacher.

    • At 7:15 AM – Rector Saderra left. Rizal, in a jovial mood reminded Fr. Viza of
    the statuette of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

    • At 8:00 AM – Fr. Antonio Rosell arrived to relieve Fr. Viza. Rizal invited him to
    join the breakfast, which he did. After breakfast, Rizal thanked his defense
    counsel for his gallant services.
    December 29, 1896

    • At 9:00 AM – Fr. Federico Faura arrived. He reminded him about his writing
    the Noli that (Rizal) would someday lose his head.

    • At 10:00 AM – Fr. Jose Vilaclara and Fr. Vicente Balaguer visited the hero.
    After them came the Spanish journalist, Santiago Mataix, interviewed Rizal
    for his newspaper El Heraldo de Madrid.

    • From 12:00 AM to 3:30 PM – Rizal was left alone in his cell. He took his lunch,
    after which he was busy writing. I t was probably during this time when he
    finished his farewell poem and hid it inside the his alcohol cooking stove. At
    the same time he wrote his last letter to Professor Blumentritt.

    • At 3:30 PM – Fr. Balaguer returned to Fort Santiago and discussed with Rizal
    about his retraction of the anti-Catholic ideas.
    December 29, 1896
    • At 4:00 PM – Rizal’s mother arrived. Both mother and son were crying as the
    guards separate them. Afterwards Trinidad entered the cell to fetch her
    mother. Rizal gave to Trinidad the alcohol cooking , whispering to her in
    English , “There is some thing inside.”

    • At 6:00 PM – Rizal received a new visitor , Don Silvino Lopez Tuňon, the Dean
    of the Manila Cathedral who exchange view with him.

    • At 8:00 PM – Rizal had his last supper. He informed Capt. Dominguez who
    was with him that he forgave his enemies.

    • At 9:30 PM – Rizal was visited by Don Gaspar Cestaňo, the fiscal of the Royal
    Audiencia of Manila.
    • At 10:00 PM – the draft of the retraction sent by the anti - Filipino Archbishop
    Bernardino Nozaleda (1890-1903) was submitted by Fr. Balaguer to Rizal for
    signature. This document is now a controversial for the Rizalist scholars who
    are either Masons or anti-Catholic.
    December 30, 1896
    • At 3:00 AM – Rizal heard mass, confessed his sins, and took Holy
    Communion.

    • At 5:30 AM – He took his breakfast on earth. After this, he wrote two letters,
    the first addressed to his family and the second to Paciano.

    • At 5:30 AM – Josephine Bracken, accompanied by a sister of Rizal (Josefa),


    arrived. Rizal embraced her for the last time and before she left, Rizal gave
    her last gift – a religious book, Imitation of Christ by Fr. Thomas a Kempis.

    • At 6:00 AM – as the soldiers were getting ready, Rizal wrote his last letter to
    his beloved parents.
    December 30, 1896 - DEATH MARCH TO BAGUMBAYAN

    • At about 6:30 AM, a trumpet sounded at Fort Santiago, a signal to begin the
    death march to Bagumbayan.

    • Rizal walked calmly with his counsel defense on one side and two Jesuit
    priests (Fr. March and Fr. Vilaclara) on the other.

    • Rizal was dressed elegantly in a black suit, black derby hat, black shoes,
    white shirt and black tie. His arms were tied behind elbow to elbow, but the
    rope is quiet lose.

    • They reached the Bagumbayan Field. It was a grassy lawn by the shore of
    Manila Bay, between two lamps.
    December 30, 1896 - MARTYRDOM OF A HERO
    • Rizal knowing that his rendezvous with destiny was imminent, bade farewell
    to Fr. March and Fr. Vilaclara and to his gallant defender.

    • He requested to the commander that he will be shot facing the firing squad,
    but his request denied.

    • Dr. Felipe Ruiz Casitillo a Spanish military physician, asked the permission of
    Rizal to feel his pulse and he is amazed to find it normal .

    • The death ruffles of the drums filled the air. Above the drum beats, the sharp
    command “Fire” was heard. Rizal turned his bullet-riddled body to the right,
    and fell on the ground dead – with face upward facing the morning sun.

    • It was exactly 7:03 in the morning when he died in the bloom of manhood –
    aged 35 years, five months, and 11 days.
    December 30, 1896 - AFTERMATH OF A HERO- MARTYR’S DEATH
    • At the time when the Spain’s squad killed Rizal, the Spaniards –
    residents, friars (Jesuits not included), corrupt officials exulted
    with the sadistic joy.

    • The Spanish spectators shouted “Viva Espaňa!” “Muer te a los


    Traidores”, (Long Live Spain! “Death to the Traitors!”) and the
    Spanish Militar y Band, played the gay Marcha de Cadiz.

    • By his writings, which awakened Filipino nationalism and paved the way
    for the Philippine Revolution, he proved that “pen is mightier than the
    sword”.
    THE END

    It’s not a Happy Ending, but a Never Ending.

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