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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 758, September 28, 1970 ]

DECLARING SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1971, AS A

SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN LEGAZPI CITY.

WHEREAS, Saturday, January 23, 1971, marks the anniversary of the battle of San Rafael Bridge, Legazpi City, where the Filipinos put up a brave and heroic resistance against invading American forces on January 23, 1900; and

WHEREAS, the people of Legazpi City should be given full opportunity to commemorate the historic event with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare January 23, 1971, as a special public holiday in Legazpi City.1aшphi1

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of September. in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

[Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) PONCIANO G.A. MATHAY
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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