Presently, local and foreign tourists tour around the historic walled City of Intramuros which include Fort Santiago. Educational field trips by the various primary schools around Metro Manila and the other provinces are being conducted regularly on the Fort as well the other sites of Intramuros and Luneta (Rizal) Park. The Santiago Fort was also the place where the Philippine National Hero, Jose Rizal, was imprisoned prior to his execution at Bagumbayan. His bone, with a bullet wound, was enshrined in a glass urn and placed in Fort Santiago as a secular relic sometime through the years. This has become one of the many historical items now displayed at the Fort’s museum. Many other items during the Spanish Times are for viewing at the improved Fort, which included paintings done on Jose Rizal and the persons with him during his time as well as samples of the clothes and utensils used in those eras. The place has become a rich heritage of past for the Filipinos and a showcase of the country’s historical struggles before its real independence granted by the United States on July 4, 1946.