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    Jose Rizal first arrived in San Francisco on April 28, 1888 after a week in quarantine. He lodged at the Palace Hotel and explored the city, seeing landmarks like Market Street. He traveled across the country by train, passing through cities like Reno, Nevada and seeing Niagara Falls before arriving in New York on May 13th. Rizal was impressed by America's economic progress but observed racial prejudice and inequality, as well as a high value placed on money over human life.

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    Jose Rizal first arrived in San Francisco on April 28, 1888 after a week in quarantine. He lodged at the Palace Hotel and explored the city, seeing landmarks like Market Street. He traveled across the country by train, passing through cities like Reno, Nevada and seeing Niagara Falls before arriving in New York on May 13th. Rizal was impressed by America's economic progress but observed racial prejudice and inequality, as well as a high value placed on money over human life.

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    Jose Rizal first arrived in San Francisco on April 28, 1888 after a week in quarantine. He lodged at the Palace Hotel and explored the city, seeing landmarks like Market Street. He traveled across the country by train, passing through cities like Reno, Nevada and seeing Niagara Falls before arriving in New York on May 13th. Rizal was impressed by America's economic progress but observed racial prejudice and inequality, as well as a high value placed on money over human life.

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    Jose Rizal in America

    Rizal first saw America on April 28, 1888.


    ARRIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO
     The steamer, Belgic, Rizal on board, docked at
    San Francisco on Saturday morning, April 28,
    1998.
     The American authorities placed the ship
    under quarantine.
     The ship was carrying 643 Chinese Coolies.
     After a week of quarantine, first class
    passengers were permitted to land.
    Rizal in San Francisco
     He arrived in San Francisco on Friday afternoon, May
    4, 1888.
     Rizal registered at the Palace Hotel.

    “I lodged in Palace Hotel. $4 a day with bath and everything


    included. Stockton St., 312. I saw the Golden Gate… On Sunday,
    the stores are closed. The best street in San Francisco is Market
    Street.”
    Leland Stanford

     He is a millionaire senator
    representing California in the
    U.S. senate that time.
     He is also the founder and
    benefactor of Stanford
    University at Palo Alto,
    California.
    Dupont Street – China Town

    Gant Avenue
    Grover Cleveland
     On May 6, 1888 – Sunday, 4:30 pm, Rizal left San
    Francisco for Oakland by ferry boat.
    Arrival in Oakland
     He boarded the train for his trip across the
    continent.

     He took his supper at Sacramento for $75 and slept


    in his couch.
    Reno, Nevada

    “The Biggest Little City in the World”


    Niagara Falls
     Rizal was amazed by the titanic size of the falls and
    the thunder that it created as more than 168,000
    cubic meters of water poured down every minute.
     He called the falls as “The Majestic Cascade”.

    “It is not as pretty as the falls in


    Los Banos but there is no
    comparison between the two
    falls.”
    Arrival in New York
     Rizal reached New York at the end of their trip, on
    Sunday at 11:10 in the morning, May 13, 1888.

     He got a room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.

     He stayed three days in New York which he sooner


    called “The Big City”
    Arrival in New York
     He visited the scenic and historic places around the
    city.
     He was awed and inspired by the memorial of
    George Washington.

    “He is a great man, who, I


    think, has no equal in this
    country.”
    “I visited the cities of
    America, with their
    grandiose edifices, their
    electric lights, and their
    great conceptions.
    America is undoubtedly a
    great country but she has
    many defects.”
    - Jose Rizal, 1888
    Rizal’s Good Impression of the America
     Material progress of the country as shown in its
    cities, farms and industries.
     The drive and energy of the Americans.
     The natural beauty of the land.
     The high standards of living.
     The opportunities for better life offered to poor
    immigrants.
    Rizal’s Bad Impression of the America
     Non-existence of true civil liberty.

     The existence of racial prejudice.

     The valuing of money over human life.

     Lack of racial equality.


    “What impressions do you have of America?”

    “America is the land par excellence of freedom…

    But only for the


    white.”

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