PROCLAMATION NO. 159, November 26, 1949

REQUIRING THE DISPLAY OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG AT HALF-MAST ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR.

Presidential Proclamations November 26, 1949



WHEREAS, the thirtieth day of November of every
year is National Heroes’ Day; and

WHEREAS, in fitting memory of our national heroes,
it is necessary that the day be solemnly observed to the end that their
glorious sacrifices for the nation may be better appreciated;

NOW, THEREFORE, I Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines, do hereby require that the Philippine Flag be displayed at
half-mast on all government buildings and installations on the thirtieth day of
November of every year.

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 26th day of
November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.

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ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary

 

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