PROCLAMATION NO. 86, October 27, 1954
CHANGING THE “REPUBLIC MEMORIAL CEMETERY” AT FORT WM MCKINLEY, RIZAL PROVINCE, TO “LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI”
WHEREAS, the name “Republic Memorial Cemetery” at
Fort Wm McKinley, Rizal province, is not symbolic of the cause for which our soldiers
have died, and does not truly express the nation’s esteem and reverence for her
war dead;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare
that the “Republic Memorial Cemetery” shall henceforth be called “LIBINGAN NG
MGA BAYANI”.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of
October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary