University of Antique - Tario Lim Memorial Campus Library commemorates the 81st Panay Liberation Day also know as Panay Landing Day and Victory Day on Panay celebrated as an annual event under Proclamation No. 430 issued in 1989 by then President Corazon Aquino.
Proclamation No. 430 or "An Act Declaring March 18 of every year as Victory Day in the Islands of Panay and Romblon including the cities of Iloilo and Roxas" declares that day as a special non-working holiday for the three islands.
The proclamation states in part, "March 18, 1945, is of great historical and sentimental significance to both the veterans of the 6th Military District and the people of Panay and Romblon because it was the day when the Free Panay Guerrilla Forces launched the final assault on the Japanese Occupation Forces coinciding with the landing of the American Liberation Forces at the Tigbauan beach as prearranged between Col. Macario Peralta, Jr., founder and overall commander the Free Panay Guerrilla Forces and Lt. General Robert L. Eichelberger, Commanding General of the 8th United States Army" Guimaras is included in the proclamation since it was part of Iloilo province in 1989.