Proclamation No. 15, s. 1946

,\J:'.: w MALACANAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDE$T OF THE PHILTFPINES ./ PROCI"ASdrrol{ N0. t f./ DESICNATI$O ei0lCIAYe DEGSTffiR 2, Lgh6' AS PAAEI{T$| D.f,E I, U.AIIUUI B0X.&S, President of the Phi3"ippinesl hereby designate Fienclay, tire Znd day of Deeembere nineteen hundred end forty-slx, as Parentsl Day. YJe are enbarked upon c. vast task of national reconstruction. Its basis is the Fillpino hone. Shatever strengtb our Republic slll devel.op nith the'years, vhatever greatness it wi-trl ln d.ue scurse achievee must find its source-spring in tbe enduring integrity of, the F1J-lpino home. It is most appropriatce therefsre, that on this d"ay we give speeial thought to the fa,ther end the mother upon whom the etabilit'y of tbat hone depends. Rooted ln the widdtom of our folk-rays together lhey give what noenlng there is to the Filipino home as eonseerated' credle to every suceeeding generation, dedicatcd workshop for the na"ionaL ehar- acter, grarded repasitory of the tried traditj"ons of our rac€o Iet this dey be observed bY our eltlzens at J.arge, by o* eburehest e$d W publie and other schools, eith appropriate eerenoaials and pro- gr6es G fitting honage to our parents, in eontlnueel reeognition and Ehservence of their unquestioned. noraL authorlt'y, in acknowledgnent of their responsibiJ.ity in sustaining the trreauty and ;lower of our natiqe amd nationaL institutions. IbI WITNESS Wi{E}tE0F, I have hereurto sat iny hand and caused the seal of the 8eprbJ"lc of the Fhilippines tg b" afflxed. o r\0. Done at the Clty of Nanila, this P | - day of Eovembere ia the year of Our Lordl nineteeu hurdred and forty-six, and of the Indeiierdence of the Phillppinesr t'he first. ,/ _'- //^-a^^..4 Y ow+r * ---- Ghlef of the Exeeutlw Office ,tibl!c- - Date uploaded: November 23, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph