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Fourth of July Fireworks
As the birthplace of America, Philadelphia knows how to shine. Fireworks blazing over the Philadelphia Museum of Art are a Fourth of July tradition during Philadelphia’s multi-day Sunoco Welcome America! bash. Timed perfectly with exhilarating live music, the fireworks paint the skies over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway....
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Fourth of July Parade
As the birthplace of America, Philadelphia knows how to throw an Independence Day bash to remember. As the dazzling Fourth of July parade, part of the multi-day Sunoco Welcome America! festival, winds through the streets of Historic Philadelphia, onlookers fill the Independence Visitor Center lawn. ...
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Fourth of July Concert
As the birthplace of America, Philadelphia knows how to throw an Independence Day bash to remember. Families gather as music’s biggest names perform in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the Fourth of July concert, part of the multi-day Sunoco Welcome America! festival. The rockin’ performance ends with...
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Fourth of July Parade
As the birthplace of America, Philadelphia knows how to throw an Independence Day bash to remember. The Fourth of July parade, part of the multi-day Sunoco Welcome America! festival, winds through the streets of Historic Philadelphia, dazzling onlookers with a spectacle of red, white and blue. ...
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Fourth of July Parade
As the birthplace of America, Philadelphia knows how to throw an Independence Day bash to remember. The Fourth of July parade, part of the multi-day Sunoco Welcome America! festival, winds through the streets of Historic Philadelphia, dazzling onlookers with a spectacle of red, white and blue. ...
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Flag Festival
In June, the Betsy Ross House honors all things Old Glory with the Flag Festival, a Victorian-style street fair along Arch Street, complete with games, prizes, a penny candy booth and entertainment in the house’s courtyard....
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Flag Festival
In June, the Betsy Ross House honors all things Old Glory with the Flag Festival, a Victorian-style street fair along Arch Street, complete with games, prizes, a penny candy booth and entertainment in the house’s courtyard....
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Lights of Liberty Show
During the Lights of Liberty Show, some of the nation’s most important historic sites take center stage—literally—during a moonlight journey through the past. As larger-than-life images flash onto landmarks like Independence Hall, visitors don high-tech headsets to hear top Hollywood stars narrate key events from the nation’s history....
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Lights of Liberty Show
During the Lights of Liberty Show, some of the nation’s most important historic sites take center stage—literally—during a moonlight journey through the past. As larger-than-life images flash onto landmarks like Independence Hall, visitors don high-tech headsets to hear top Hollywood stars narrate key events from the nation’s history....
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
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