Let’s be careful not to be clouded by our own biases when it comes to history.
Context is king.
1. The Katipunan revered Jose Rizal to the pt that he became an honorary member. It sought Rizal’s advise via Pio Valenzuela. Paciano, Trinidad & Josefa Rizal were active members.
Context is king.
1. The Katipunan revered Jose Rizal to the pt that he became an honorary member. It sought Rizal’s advise via Pio Valenzuela. Paciano, Trinidad & Josefa Rizal were active members.
https://twitter.com/jcrwyn/status/1465652987703934983
2. The very first Rizal Day was commemorated on 30 Dec 1898 instituted by decree of Aguinaldo via the RevoGov in Malolos. This was after the Treaty of Paris was signed by Spain & US, after w/c Malolos protested the ceding of PH to the US. Rizal’s heroism was acknowledged.
3. The Bonifacio commemoration was insisted upon even during the American period, thanks to the Filipinos who carried the dream of PH independence with them. @eufems points out that #BonifacioDay was even commemorated in 1901, amidst the Phil-Am War. 
4. The true smear campaign of the US in the early years of US occupation, as pointed out by @diegomags, was focused on Emilio Aguinaldo, the president of the 1st PH Republic, and the acknowledged leader of the Filipinos in the Phil-Am War, until he was captured.
5. When Macario Sakay surrendered to the US, he was assured of fairness. When he was betrayed by the colonial justice system, branded as a bandit, and executed as such, history has never forgotten. The Sakay @NHCPOfficial marker says “pataksil na dinakip…”
https://twitter.com/indiohistorian/status/1459120723587305476?s=20
6. The Filipinization of key gov posts under the US gov in PH gave independence advocates platform to push for their advocacy leading to more Filipino representation in PH legislature. Hence Bonifacio Day bec an official holiday in 1921, signed by Gov-Gen Francis Burton Harrison.
Final thoughts:
- Rizal & Bonifacio weren’t rivals. They were fighting for the same cause.
- Let’s not remove the self-agency of Filipinos under US regime. Many brought the cause of independence from the battlefield to politics, journalism, & arts.
- Reject anachronism.
- Rizal & Bonifacio weren’t rivals. They were fighting for the same cause.
- Let’s not remove the self-agency of Filipinos under US regime. Many brought the cause of independence from the battlefield to politics, journalism, & arts.
- Reject anachronism.
- Anachronism is a form of historical distortion.
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