Saturday, July 4, marks Day 16 of the Wawa Welcome America celebrations.<\/p>\n
Saturday’s events include the Celebration of Freedom Ceremony, free admission to the Cliveden of the National Trust, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Powel House, and the City of Philadelphia’s “One Philly: Unity Concert for America.”<\/p>\n
Read more about today’s events below:<\/p>\n
Celebration of Freedom Ceremony<\/p>\n
When: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Independence Mall,\u00a0599 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106<\/p>\n
About: Philadelphia will honor America’s 250th anniversary with special performances by Grammy Award-winner Yolanda Adams and DJ Diamond Kuts. on Independence Mall.<\/p>\n
Free Museum Days: Cliveden of the National Trust<\/p>\n
When:\u00a010 a.m. to 2 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0Cliveden of the National Trust, 6401 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144\u00a0<\/p>\n
About: To celebrate fourth of July, visit the new exhibit, \u201cProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation,\u201d\u00a0exploring the experiences and struggles of the household at Cliveden.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Free Museum Days: Historical Society of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
When:\u00a010 a.m. to 2 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107\u00a0<\/p>\n
About: Discover the events that preceded and\u00a0succeeded\u00a0July 4,\u00a01776,\u00a0with The Historical Society\u2019s exhibition \u201cPaths to Independence: 1765-1787″.<\/p>\n
Free Museum Days: Powel House<\/p>\n
When:\u00a011 a.m. to 4 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0Powel House, 244 S 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106\u00a0<\/p>\n
About: Take a self-guided tour through the home of Mayor Samuel Powel, the last mayor of Philadelphia under colonial rule, and the first mayor in the American republic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The City of Philadelphia\u2019s “One Philly: Unity Concert for America”<\/p>\n
When:\u00a0Gates open – 3 p.m., Performances – 5 p.m. to 11:45 p.m., Fireworks -11:45 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0Benjamin Franklin Parkway,\u00a02600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130\u00a0<\/p>\n
About: Celebrate the Fourth of July\u00a0on the\u00a0Parkway, bringing together music fans in the birthplace of America, sponsored by Wawa. At the concert’s conclusion, stay for a fireworks finale displayed over the Philadelphia Art Museum.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, July 4, marks Day 16 of the Wawa Welcome America celebrations. Saturday’s events include the Celebration of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[296,69,71,70,51239],"class_list":["post-235357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-local","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-wawa-welcome-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}