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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1048, July 17, 1972 ]

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1972, AS PUGAD LAWIN DAY IN THE CITIES OF CALOOCAN AND QUEZON

WHEREAS, Wednesday, August 23, 1972, marks the 76th anniversary of the “Cry of Pugad Lawin” (formerly called First Cry of Balintawak), a historic event in our struggle for freedom;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Wednesday, August 23, 1972, as Pugad Lawin Day in the Cities of Caloocan and Quezon.

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 17th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

By the President:

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary

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