Photos: Parade performers, spectators bid America ‘happy birthday’ in Philadelphia on Fourth of July
Philadelphia is called the Cradle of Liberty — and invites everyone to experience its history on Independence Day.
Philadelphia celebrates the Fourth of July with enthusiasm.
Thousands flocked to the birthplace of America on July 4 to learn about Revolutionary War history and to cheer on the diverse organizations that march in the city’s annual parade.
Before the big concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Center City was a sea of red, white, and blue from the National Constitution Center to City Hall.
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Cheryl Gunter (right) and Paul Rabe (left) came to Philadelphia’s Fourth of July celebration from Upper Darby to hand out party favors like bubbles and red, white and blue rubber ducks on July 4, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
American celebratory party favors like bubbles and red, white and blue rubber ducks on July 4, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
John Lionarons plays a hammered dulcimer during Fourth of July celebration at the Independence Visitor Center in Philadelphia on July 4, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
Classic cars made the crowds cheer at the Fourth of July Parade in Philadelphia on July 4, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
Representatives of Philadelphia’s many cultures marched in the Fourth of July Parade, July 4, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
Philadelphia’s Fourth of July Parade showcased the many cultures that thrive in the city on July 4, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
The 6th Pennsylvania Regiment built their annual recreation of a Revolutionary War Encampment outside the National Constitution in Philadelphia on July 4, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
A fleet of city street sweepers rolls through Market Street in Philadelphia after the Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
A Revolutionary War re-enactor explains the origin of the saying something is “half-cocked” outside the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on July 4, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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