Rizal Park, also known as Luneta Park, is a historical urban park located at the northern terminus of Roxas

  Boulevard in the heart of the city of Manila, Philippines.

      Located along Manila Bay, Luneta has been the site of some of the most significant moments in Philippine

  history . Among them is the execution of Jose Rizal on December 30, 1896, sparking the fire of the Philippine

  Revolution against the Spanish colonizers, elevating the martyr as the national hero of the country. The park

  was officially renamed Rizal Park in his honor and his monument serves as the symbolic focal point of the

  park. The Declaration of Philippine Independence from American rule was held here on July 4, 1946 as well

  as the political rallies of Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino in 1986 that led to the EDSA Revolution

  deposing the dictator.

      The Independence Flagpole, standing at 107 metres (351 ft), is the highest flagpole in the Philippines. On

 this spot in front of Rizal Monument, at 9:15am July 4, 1946, the full independence of the Republic of the

 Philippines was proclaimed as authorized by the United States President Harry S. Truman. Next to the

 flagpole, a grand Independence Grandstand, designed by architect Juan Arellano, was built just for the

 occasion.