Question & AnswerQ&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 463)
Proclamation No. 463 declares a period of national mourning on the death of Francis Burton Harrison, former Governor-General of the Philippines.
The period of national mourning was declared from December 2 to 5, 1957.
The death of Francis Burton Harrison on November 21, 1957, triggered the declaration.
During the period of national mourning, flags of all government buildings and installations throughout the Philippines shall be flown at half-mast.
Francis Burton Harrison was a former Governor-General of the Philippines.
Flying the flag at half-mast is a show of respect and mourning for the deceased and is mandated by the proclamation as a symbol of national bereavement.
Fortunato De Leon, the Executive Secretary, signed the proclamation by the President.