May 28, 1946: Manuel Roxas was inducted into office as President

(President Sergio Osmeña and President-elect Manuel Roxas leave Malacañang Palace en route to the latter's inauguration, May 28, 1946 (Photo credit: Presidential Museum and Library of the Philippines)

On May 28, 1946, Manuel Roxas was inducted into office as third (and last) President of the Commonwealth having been elected on April 23, 1946. Roxas took his oath of office in a temporary structure built near the ruins of the Legislative Building. Outgoing President Osmeña, following the American tradition, conducted him there but left before the ceremonies, retiring to his private residence in the Santa Mesa District.

Roxas was sworn in at 9:10, received a 19-gun salute, and delivered an address in which he contrasted the prosperity and happiness of the country before the war with the present tragic situation.