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MALACAÑAN PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 114

DESIGNATING THURSDAY, THE 26th OF NOVEMBER, 1936, AS A DAY OF NATIONAL THANKSGIVING

Whereas, the President of the United States, in accordance with customs, has set aside Thursday, November twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, as a day of national thanksgiving; and

Whereas, it is most appropriate that on this, the second year of the Commonwealth, the day be observed in the Philippines as in the United States and that the Filipino people be apprised of the proclamation of the President of the United States of America;

Now, therefore, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, as a day of thanksgiving in the Philippines and do enjoin the inhabitants thereof to repair to their respective houses of worship and offer thanks to Almighty God for the blessings which He has bestowed upon this country; for the successful completion of the first year of the Commonwealth which has brought about as at no...

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