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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 181, November 22, 1963 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR NATIONAL THANKSGIVING

WHEREAS, it is fitting that a day be set aside on which to dedicate our noblest thoughts in prayer and thanksgiving to God for all the blessings He has showered upon us;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Thursday, November 28, 1963, as a special public holiday for national thanksgiving. I call upon all the people to turn their thoughts on that day to the Lord .and offer Him a prayer of thanks for all the blessings He has bestowed upon us.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1âшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

RUFINO G. HECHANOVA
Executive Secretary

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