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 FIRST - President & Vice-President of the Philippines Posted by:  silverquill
N 14° 34.891 E 120° 58.594
51P E 282009 N 1613010
This plaque commemorating the establishment of the modern Republic of the Philippines, and the first president, Manuel Roxas, and vice president, Elpidio Quirino, is at the base of the Philippine flag, flying perpetually some ninety feet up.
Waymark Code: WMB07Z
Location: Philippines
Date Posted: 03/19/2011
Views: 2
ALINSUNOD SA BATAS REPUBLIKA 8491, FLAG AND HERALDIC
CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, ANG WATAWAT NG PILIPINAS SA POOK NA
ITO AY MANANATLING NAKATAAS SA BUONG TAON AT NAIILAWAN SA
GABI.
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AS MANDATED BY REPUBLIC ACT 8491, THE FLAG AND HERALDIC
CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE PHILIPPINE FLAG SHALL BE
PERMANENTLY HOISTED ON THIS SITE 24/7 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND SHALL
BE ILLUMINATED AT NIGHT.
This flag pole, over nintey feet tall, overlooks the monument, and grave, of revolutionary hero Dr. Jose Rizal whose execution here at the hands of the occupying Spanish forces became the flash point for the armed revolution resulting in the defeat of the Spanish, only to be replaced by the occupying forces of the United States for the next fifty years. Freedom came at last, after bitter and valiant war with Japan, in 1946, when the peaceful transfer of political rule was returned to the people of the Philippines.
Manuel Roxas has the distinction of having been the last president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and then inaugurated as the first president of the Third Republic of the Philippines. He had a distinguished career in national politics, but served less than two years in his new office, succumbing to a heart attack on April 15, 1947, at age 56. Vice-President Eplidio Quirino was sworn in as the repbulic's second president two days later.
ON THIS SPOT, AT EXACTLY
9:15 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING OF
THURSDAY, JULY FOURTH, IN THE
YEAR OF OUR LORD, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES WAS
INAUGURATED BY PROCLAMATION
OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, HARRY S.
TRUMAN, THROUGH HIS AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE, THE UNITED
STATES HIGH COMMISSIONER TO
THE PHILIPPINES, PAUL V. McNUTT,
AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT,
MANUEL ROXAS, AND THE FIRST
VICE-PRESIDENT, ELPIDIO QUIRINO,
WERE INDUCTED INTO OFFICE.
Elsewhere in the park, next to the arena, now bearing his name, where these ceremonies took place, is a bust and plaque honoring Elpidio R. Quirino
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 07/04/1946
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