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MOP, Bk 9, v.4, 122

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 56, November 06, 1963 ]

DIRECTING THE HOISTING OF THE NATIONAL FLAG AT THE INDEPENDENCE FLAGPOLE AT THE LUNETA TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY



WHEREAS, the National Flag symbolizes national solidarity, patriotism, and love of country; and

WHEREAS, it is imperative to inculcate in the minds of our people a continuing consciousness of the patriotic deeds of our heroes and love for the Motherland through the symbolic embodiment thereof for a cohesive, strong, and healthy nation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby direct the display of the National Flag at the Independence flagpole at the Luneta twenty-four hours a day. The flagpole shall be lighted at night.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) RUFINO G. HECHANOVA
Executive Secretary

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