Proclamation No. 546, s. 1969

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 546, April 22, 1969 ]

DECLARING SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1969, AS LAPU-LAPU DAY

WHEREAS, Sunday, April 27, 1969, marks the 448th anniversary of the Battle of Mactan, the first successful Filipino armed assistance to foreign domination; and

WHEREAS, the Battle of Mactan should be remembered as the first blow struck for self-determination and a symbol of the Filipinos’ love of freedom;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Sunday, April 27, 1969, as Lapu-Lapu Day.

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 22nd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary