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The document discusses criteria for recognizing heroes in the Philippines established by the National Historical Commission. It outlines 10 standards for determining who qualifies as a hero, including their sacrifices made, motives, moral character, influence, contributions to freedom and nation-building. Jose Rizal is mentioned as a leading Filipino national hero.

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Rizal

The document discusses criteria for recognizing heroes in the Philippines established by the National Historical Commission. It outlines 10 standards for determining who qualifies as a hero, including their sacrifices made, motives, moral character, influence, contributions to freedom and nation-building. Jose Rizal is mentioned as a leading Filipino national hero.

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The Americans, on the other hand, propagated a secular view on heroes.

Hero-worshipping of American
soldiers who died during the Philippine-American War like Gen. Henry W. Lawton, Col. John M.
Stotsenburg, abd Col. Harry Egbert, was promoted through monuments and annu commemoration
rituals to justify the need for American tutelage in the Philippines.

Filipino heroes were also venerated during this period. Jose Rizal, who was executed by the Spaniards,
became the leading national hero. Mabini, Luna, and Del Pilar also became household names. The
problem to the new approach was that it coincides with the thrust of the Americans to instill to the
minds of the Filipinos the American culture.

A modern-day concept of the indigenous bayani still exists today. The OFWs are considered as bagong
bayani.

Criteria for recognizing Heroes

A hero is a social construct. To bridge the gap, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines
(NHCP) released ten criteria for recognizing heroes.

The criteria is composed of 10 standards: First is the extent of a person’s sacrifices for the welfare of the
country. Second, the motive and methods employed in the attainment of the ideal (was his ideal purely
for the welfare of the country and without any taint of self-interested motives, most of all the method of
attainment should be morally valid). The third is the moral character of the person concerned (the
person should not have any immorality issue that affected his ideal). The fourth is the influence of the
person concerned on his age and or the succeeding age. Fifth is that heroes are those who have a
concept of nation and thereafter aspire and struggle for the nation’s freedom (they must have desired
the country’s freedom in any situation especially when there’s a threat of invasion in any form). Sixth is
that heroes are those who define and contribute to a system of life of freedom and order for a nation
(one who helps in the orderliness and betterment of the country).  Seventh is, heroes are those who
contribute to the quality of life and destiny of a nation. Eight, a hero is part of the people’s expression
(the citizen must have recognized and acknowledged the person as a hero). Ninth, a hero thinks of the
future, especially the future generations, his concern for the future generations must be seen in his
decisions and ideals). Lastly, the choice of a hero involves not only the recounting of an episode or
events in history, but of the entire process that made this particular person a hero.
http://nhcp.gov.ph/the-gates-to-heroism-defining-a-filipino-hero/

Rizal as a Filipino Hero

https://www.thoughtco.com/jose-rizal-hero-of-the-philippines-195677

Lesson 3: Rizal as a symbol

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