WHEREAS, our flag is the consecrated repository of our ideals and traditions and the historic symbol of our sovereignty;

WHEREAS, there is need of instilling in the minds and hearts of the citizenry greater honor, respect and reverence for our flag; and

WHEREAS, although our flag was first raised in the battle of Alaban, Imus, Cavite, on May 28, 1896, it was in Kawit, Cavite, where the Philippine Republic was proclaimed on June 12, 1898, that the flag was formally used as the political symbol of the Philippine Republic;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the twelfth day of June of each year as Flag1 Day and enjoin all government officials and employees as well as private citizens of the Philippines to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies.

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 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary