Executive Order No. 87 (1964)

MALACAÑANG

RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 87, June 12, 1964 ]

DIRECTING THE HOISTING OF THE NATIONAL FLAG AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY

WHEREAS, the National Flag symbolizes national solidarity, patriotism, and love of country; and

WHEREAS, it is imperative to inculcate in the minds of our people a continuing consciousness of the patriotic deeds of our heroes and love for the Motherland through the symbolic embodiment thereof for a cohesive, strong, and healthy nation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby direct the display of the National Flag at the Legislative Building twenty-four hours a day. The flagpole shall be lighted at night.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) CALIXTO O. ZALDIVAR

Acting Executive Secretary