Proclamation No. 374, s. 1965

MALACANANG RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION No. 374 DECLARING THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF MAY OF EACH YEAR AS FLAG DAY WHEREAS, our flag is the consecrated repository of our ideals and traditions and the historic symbol of our nation as a sovereign people; WHEREAS, there is need of instilling and perpetuating in the minds and hearts of the citizenry greater honor, respect and reverence for our flag; and WHEREAS, our flag was first raised and received its baptism of fire and victory in the battle of Alapan, Imus, Cavite, on May 28, 1898; Now, THEREFORE, I Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law; do hereby declare the twenty-eighth day of May of each year as Flag Day and enjoin all government officials and employees as well as private citizens of the Philippines to observe the day with appropriate cere­ monies. Proclamation No. 146 dated September 30, 1949, is hereby revoked. 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 6th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty­ five. [SEAL] DroSDADO MACAPAGAL President of the Philippines By the President: RAMON A. DIAZ Executive Secretary