WHO MADE RIZAL A HERO?

This was one of the first official steps taken by the Taft
Commission to honor Rizal. Since then, Jose Rizal came
 Rizal is an American-sponsored hero: he opted for a non- to be known as the National Hero.
violence reform in the government. Instead he used his
writings to open the eyes of the Filipinos. He dedicated DEFENDERS & DETRACTORS
his life for his countrymen without hesitation.
 He was known for his meekness and coolness, but he
never fought on a war. Most of the world Heroes was
elevated as such because of their war exploits. Rizal
never did it. He was using his pen for criticism about the
handling of the Spanish government in the Philippines.
He fought to have the Philippines a permanent
representation in the Spanish Cortes. That's why when
the US accepted the Philippines as a vassal country, Gen.
Taft who was the Governor general here, appointed Jose
Rizal as the National Hero for the Philippines, to douse
the fighting fervor of the Filipinos who are fighting for
freedom at that time.
 The Americans decided for him being a nataional hero at
their time in the country. It is said that the Americans,
Civil Governor William Howard Taft, chose Jose Rizal
to be the national hero as a strategy. Rizal didn't want
bloody revolution in his time. So they wanted him to be
a "good example" to the Filipinos so that the people will
not revolt against the Americans.
 . Rizal acquired the official title of title of Philippine
National Hero in 1901 under the country’s first
American civil governor, William Howard Taft. On the
recommendation of Trinidad Pardo de Tavera, the Taft
Commission renamed the district of Morong into the
Province of Rizal through Act 137 on June 11, 1901.