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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 21, March 14, 1966 ]

DECLARING MARCH 18, 1966, AS “LIBERATION DAY” FOR THE ISLAND OF PANAY.

WHEREAS, March 18, 1966, marks the 21st anniversary of the landing of American liberation forces on the island of Panay at Tigbauan Beach, Iloilo; and

WHEREAS, the people of Panay should be afforded an opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare March 18, 1966, as “Liberation Day” for the Island of Panay.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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