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[ PROCLAMATION NO. 62, November 19, 1962 ]
DECLARING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1962, 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, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Thursday, November 22, 1962, 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 us.
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 19th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines
By the President:
SALVADOR L. MARIÑO
Executive Secretary