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The Philadelphia Welcome America Festival is an annual series of celebrations leading up to Independence Day, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is currently sponsored by convenience store chain Wawa. Coverage of events on July 4 airs on NBC Channel 10 & Telemundo Canal 62.
An article in the July 18, 1777, issue of The Virginia Gazette noted a celebration in Philadelphia in a manner a modern American would find familiar: an official dinner for the Continental Congress, toasts, 13-gun salutes, speeches, prayers, music, parades, troop reviews, and fireworks. Ships in port were decked with red, white, and blue bunting.
A policeman directs people away from and off the parkway after two police officers were struck by bullets during the July 4 fireworks show on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Monday.
The commission has announced it is preparing a time capsule for burial in Philadelphia on July 4, 2026, which will be scheduled for unearthing on July 4, 2276, the 500th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. [21] In 2016, city planners announced "Vision 2026", a plan to redevelop Old City in preparation for the semiquincentennial. [22]
At leat three people have been killed and eight others wounded in a mass shooting at a July 4 fireworks display in Fort Worth, Texas. ... Mass shooting in Philadelphia. Tuesday 4 July 2023 08:43, ...
The post 4th of July Fireworks: A Complete Guide appeared first on Reader's Digest. ... There’s a concert and parade during the day, and the fireworks start at 10:30 p.m. at the Philadelphia ...
While in Philadelphia on July 6, 1976, Queen Elizabeth presented the Bicentennial Bell on behalf of the British people. The bell is a replica of the Liberty Bell, cast at the same foundry—Whitechapel Bell Foundry—and bearing the inscription "For the People of the United States of America from the People of Britain 4 July 1976 LET FREEDOM RING."
While millions of Americans "ooh" and "aah" over Fourth of July fireworks, millions of beloved American pets will shiver, whine and in some cases, run away from home.The American Kennel Club ...