Rizal at Carson
One time, we went to Carson City, which has one of the biggest Filipino communities in California, to check out a Filipino commercial center. They have a seafood market, with grocery items imported from the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countres, Jollibee, Red Ribbon, Chowking, and a Panaderia. Built at the middle of the property is a sculpture dedicated to the Filipinos’ national hero, Jose Rizal.
My dad had a chat with a few kababayan’s and asked why a dedication was made for Rizal and not for Bonifacio at the center, and one replied, "It won’t be possible. Bonifacio carries a bolo, deadly weapon. The Americans won’t allow that!". They just laughed.
I also laughed when I heard about it. I remembered why we have Rizal as our National Hero in the first place, and the Americans had a lot to do with it.
September 29th, 2005 at 6:44 am
I remembered why we have Rizal as our National Hero in the first place… ..oh well.:( …even after pi100 i really still can’t see how someone who didn’t want [at least initially] to have an independent Filipino nation be made into our national hero. idol ko si rizal, pero dapat talaga si bonifacio yung national hero natin eh.
oi mare, long time no post ah! mishu!
-si tin tin to, di kasi nag-offline ate ko tinatamad ako maglog in uli hehe