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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 293, July 27, 1988 ]

DECLARING JULY 28 OF EVERY YEAR AS BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES MEMORIAL DAY.

WHEREAS, July 28 marks the death anniversary of the twenty-four (24) Boy Scout and Scouter delegates of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP), who perished in a plane crash over the Sea of Bombay on their way to Marathon, Greece to represent the BSP in the 11th World Jamboree;

WHEREAS, every year, the BSP, with the parents, relatives and friends of the deceased scouts and scouters, has religiously commemorated their untimely passing in simple and brief ceremonies; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to give a fitting tribute to these boy scouts and scouters, as well as other boy scouts, who lost their lives while in the performance of their scouting duties;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare July 28, of every year as Boy Scouts of the Philippines Memorial Day.1aшphi1

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 27th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary

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