Proclamation No. 3, s. 1946

MALACANAN PALACE MAN]LA BY THE PHBSISET{f OF 5HE PfiItIPPIilES PnocLA$eaTIoI,i l{0. 3. DESICR&TISKI F0UR nAgS 0F S0IEMI{ iiffilmBr&T. SEHIIICES' BE0INNING JUI'Y 27 s Lgt*6r SSD TgflIfi.$Dll, AII0U$T 1, 1946 AS rHE DAY 0r ffitErilEl{T oF rHE rats PRE$TIENT MAI{tiEir L.'QUS?SH, Oa .hugwt Le L9l+$t tno years uiLl have passed stne6 ttra tnagla death of SnnueL L, Quezon, horo of hls paoplc ancl p.ledLn of the Phlltppine forces of froodon. Durfng those tro years the rcrtal remaLns of tbe lato great Presldeat havo restsd, ln forelEp soll1 but soll chieh nas tt€ scen6 of his leet glorious cfforts to brlng the suoeor of ltberation tn" , hLs sufferiag eountlTrusn. For that oausar ancl ln thet 'Lanclr thE Unit€d States, be gavo up his l:lfe'. Le surely as tho htmble soldler rho diecl ln herale strugglc on the battlEfteld, Prasidleat Quazonre Llfc uas offcred on the alter of aatlona-l redenptS.onr that hts peoplc nfuht rm,lize tn @,gntftcmt freeilora the full trdopeadenea and true natlonhooil for which he had fougbt and sorksd froun hlE earHest years. tu JuqT 27, Lgtd., thg body of HanueS/kir"*o riLl raturn lrere, ' Heverently bome by friandly trands frou itE tonporariy rest{ng pLace la the great br:r1al ground of $$erloan patriots, the Sational Arltng- ton SlemriaL CseterlFr th eartlilry remalns of the graat Elllplno hero rill arrive tn &niLa on boaril an Snerlean atrcraft earrLer, the U.S.S. klnCeton, on the nornlng of the trenty-seveath day of fiu1y" It ls ff-ttiag that the naval arn of tlre aation witlt Ebose caueo ftlanue{ttrczon ldentEfiod his paople shoulit non solemly bear hls body to these shores. N0H, TflER$ffiffi, f, MAffiIEL A0NAS, Presldent of the Phllippi:res, do hereby appoiat four days of soLeua state nenorf,s,L serrrioas, begin- niag on July 2?, L9&t snd do furtbre eppoint fhurscla,y, t€Irst I, 1916, ee tlre @y of lntorment of tte ileoaased Presidont" On th&t day tha bo{y of our lmortal hero rlLl lte ln the earth of bls a&o€B- tors. f have W sepa^rate procls,nation provJ.ded suitEfrls observanc€s and proela.lned, a period. of mrs.ning for this Sation. Urring the four rtays of nernorial seriees, and cltutr,g the entire period of mumingrlet us direat our pnayers to tlle Emighty that He my gtve eomfort and suraease to tlte belwed w'ldor anil chtld- ren of our great Pr"esidentr and that ile my ln Eis goodness bless orr peopla si.th ths courage and tb aobtltty so iuunortalJg erempLtfieil l"a tbe spirlt of, tihe leader, nho havLng gtvou on d,Lstent soLl, hls llfe for bls natlve l€nd, Ls now ooning horne to flrd bLs last resting pLaee. ftt sitaess ereof f bave hereunto set ry hand ancl caused the seal of the RepubLlc of t}re Philtpplnes to be afflxed,. Date uploaded: November 23, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph 2- -sDone ai the crty of l,iani]arthrelaTay of July, the year ofO"rr lord, ninet,een hundred ard fort;,-six, and of tire Tndependeneeof the .:hilipplnes, tho first 74-t^( ffi- _ Ey the ?kesident: Ch.ief of tlre gxecu.tine 0ffi ee€ Date uploaded: November 23, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph