His last hours

“When you receive this letter,
I shall be dead by then….
Tomorrow at seven,
I shall be shot;

but I am innocent
of the crime of rebellion….
I am going to die
with a tranquil conscience.”

José Rizal

© 2015 Melinda Irvine

All photographs were taken of various artworks at the Rizal Shrine Museum, Fort Santiago, Manila. Quote was sourced online from the Filipinas Heritage Library.

http://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/filipiniana-library/filipiniana/70-features/228-rizals-last-hours