Rizal

11. Only one of Rizals skeletal
remains was not buried under
the monument in Luneta. A vertebra
or a piece of the backbone
where Rizal was allegedly hit by
the bullet was claimed by his
family and is now displayed in
Rizal Shrine, Fort Santiago.
12. Rizal stuffed unknown papers
in his pockets and shoes on the eve
of his execution. He did this, assuming
that his corpse would be turned over
to his family after the execution. But as
we all know, his body was dumped by
Spanish officials in an unmarked grave
in Paco cemetery. The papers had since
deteriorated, the contents of which
were never identified.
13. During Rizals execution, a
total of 8 Filipinos armed with
Remingtons formed the firing
squad. There were also 8 Spanish
soldiers with Mausers behind
them, ready to shoot the Filipino
soldiers if they refused to execute
Rizal.
14. Rizal had a third, unfinished
novel. Known among historians as
“Makamisa”, this unfinished work
was started by Rizal in Hongkong
in 1892. Makamisa was not actually
the title of Rizal’s work, but only
the title of a single chapter of the
unfinished Tagalog novel.
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15. A descendant of one of the
executioners, Adolfo Pastor
Quetcuti, revealed that the captain
of the guards put only one live
bullet in one of the rifles, while
placing blanks in the others. He
explained that this is to ease their
guilt as they already knew in the
beginning that Rizal was innocent.