WHEREAS, the 23rd day of August marks the sixty-seventh anniversary of the œCry of Pugad Lawin,  a historic event in our struggle for freedom; and

WHEREAS, the people of Quezon City where the event took place should be given ample opportunity to celebrate the event with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President, of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, August 23, 1963, as a special public holiday in Quezon City.

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 22nd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

RUFINO G. HECHANOVA
Executive Secretary