Jersey City celebrated the 150th birthday of Philippine National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal. The polymath and patriot who fought for Filipino rights during the Spanish colonial era was honored at Rizal ...
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.