Who made rizal our foremost national hero?

Jose Rizal is one of our national Hero. He was known for his meekness and coolness, but he never fought on a war. Most of the world Heroes was elevated as such because of their war exploits. Rizal never did it. He was using his pen for criticism about the handling of the spanish government in the Philippines. He fought to have the Philippines a permanent representation in the spanish cortes. That's why when the US accepted the Philippines as a vassal country, Gen. Taft who was the Governor general here, appointed Jose Rizal as the National Hero for the Philippines, to douse the fighting fervor of the Filipinos who are fighting for freedom at that time. Many scholar is still on the belief that the true National Hero was Andres Bonifacio, who fought against Spain in the field, like Simon Bolivar of the latin american countries. I think, they are correct.