Proclamation No. 39, s. 1946

\ ..- MALACANAN PALACE '* MANILA BY TTIE PRESIDINIT OF TIffi TTIITT?PTSES " EROC,T,AI\1ATION NO r 59 DECLARffiG glttinsugy, IHE THIRTffisrg DLT 0r ]'i{Ay' I{nEtw?f }IIJ]S}FTfID . .PJSET TORTY-SLT SlS FITIIffiFINE-AJ'MRI C,rSI{ lvffi,fQRTJr"t UAY ' IJTIER$AS, tb.e 30th d.ay of lsay f91a d"ate heretofore generally celebrated. both in the itirifippfnes And- in the frnited. States as a day of comrnemoratlon of the d'eeds of men w$o have fal}en ln battle; f'rTffiREHS, in the tltanlc struggie recently end.ed., I-ilipino and. ..lmerlean sold-iers died should"er to shoulder uoA ir*"" burled. in conroo$ glaves, havlng f ought in a eoflm.on ca.use; fiTIffi'EAS, tb bono. of comrad-eship bet'v+een Fillplno and' i,nert."" fi+ting $en oorrespond.s in symbolic measure to the bond- be{rqeen tne United gtat'es and" the Fhllippines; ',iiTlffiffiAs' it is emlnently fitting that a day of grigf for our ssmmon d"ead. bg observld. and pioperly commem'orated'; and. SJITSP,$AS. between those yrho have be-en touched'^by the white ';ffiak of ;i;inity dfieie -exists no barriere of race or creed I N01;V, TlEffil{EF0Iry' I' X4ffi{UEL EOXAS, Fresld'ent of the Fhi}ip- pines,- a;'nerbny pro6tain and enjoin that t'he Soth day- 9l.Ifiay' ig+Ar'b€ d.uly obsErvea throughoui- ttre Fhlilppines as-Fhillp- pinul**urican ftiemorial Dayr I call upon my fellow cltlzens to-niJit tn* graves of their d"ead and r in the presence of t he earth coveiing tbe mortal remains of our fa1len heroes, pay- trlbui;e to thE rfi"ft in whlch t'heir total sacrifice was nad'e' I ilkewise urge ttrat this S.ald. day be observed" with player in the *pS,ropFiate churehes and with reded.icat'ion to the .1oity-oi-'f'ffipioos *nO n.*uricans in the cause of peace with all the peoples of the os.rthr IN TfIINESS r!"riiffiE0Fr I have hereunto set' my hand' and' caused the $eal of the cornmonwealth of the Fhillppines to be afflxed * .t Done at the Clty of hIanila, this ZBt'n. the year of Oqr Lord., nlneteen huncreit ano' of the Conmonwealth of the Fhiilppines, the d ay of I'{a;', ln forty-slx, and eleveath--. tr. Date uploaded: November 23, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph