MALACAÑANG
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 221

DECLARING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1950, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.

WHEREAS, Divine Providence has bestowed upon us untold blessings for which we are infinitely grateful; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting that for such bounty a day be set aside on which to dedicate our noblest thoughts in prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Thursday, November 23, 1950, as a special public holiday for national thanksgiving. I call upon all the people to turn their thoughts and actions on that day towards Almighty God and offer a prayer of thanks to Him for all the Blessings He has showered 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 18th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty and of the independence of the Philippines, the fifth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary


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