Proclamation No. 803, s. 1961

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 803, November 20, 1961 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1961, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR NATIONAL THANKSGIVING

WHEREAS, it is fitting that a day be set aside on which to dedicate our noblest thoughts in prayer and thanksgiving to God for all the blessings He has showered upon us;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Thursday, November 23, 1961, as a special .public holiday for national thanks­giving. I call upon all the people to turn their thoughts on that day to the Lord and offer Him a prayer of thanks for all the blessings He has bestowed upon as.

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 20th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

EDILBERTO B. GALLARES
Assistant Executive Secretary