PROCLAMATION NO. 269, March 01, 1956
DECLARING A PERIOD OF NATIONAL MOURNING OVER THE DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO
WHEREAS, the sudden death of former President
Elpidio Quirino on February 29, 1956, is a great loss to our people and has
caused deep sorrow among them;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, do hereby proclaim the period from March first to fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six, as a period of national mourning for our
beloved former President. During this period, flags of all government buildings
and installations throughout the Philippines shall be, flown at half-mast.
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 1st day of
March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary