QuestionsQuestions (OTC ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000-001)
It is titled “DECLARING OCTOBER TWENTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, A SPECIAL NATIONAL HOLIDAY,” and it proclaims October 20, 1945 as a special national holiday.
October 20, nineteen hundred and forty-five (Oct. 20, 1945).
It references the landing of the troops of the United States Armed Forces on the shores of Leyte on October 20, 1944, which began military operations leading to liberation.
It states that resistance to the enemy never faltered despite privation and humiliation; the Filipino spirit remained firm and proud.
It says Filipinos welcomed the liberators and fought side by side with them until final victory.
Because it is the anniversary of the landings of the American forces of liberation on Philippine soil, and it calls for honoring brave men who fought for freedom.
To observe the day in humility before God and to pay tribute to those who fought, suffered, and died for liberty.
It formally declares October 20, 1945 as a special national holiday, requiring public observance according to law and the proclamation’s call for commemorative observance.
It indicates that the proclamation is issued one year after the Leyte landings (Oct. 20, 1944), and the holiday is meant to commemorate that first anniversary in 1945.
It was done at the City of Washington, D.C. (for the City of Manila, Philippines). This reflects the formal place stated in the document while designating Manila as the intended official place for the proclamation.
Jose S. Reyes, Secretary to the President, signs “By the President.”
It calls upon all the people to observe the day in a spirit of humility before God and to pay fulsome tribute to those who fought and suffered and died in the cause of liberty.
It presents American landings and subsequent operations as part of liberation, and emphasizes that Filipinos resisted and fought in coordination with the liberators.
It states that on October 20, nineteen hundred and forty-four, the U.S. Armed Forces landed on Leyte.
It follows a formal structure: title, issuance details, factual recital (historical background), operative clause declaring a special national holiday, and attestation/signatures with “By the President” and date/place.