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2011 Wawa Welcome America! Media Credential Application

  • Wawa Welcome America! Wows Philadelphia July 6, 2011

    Wawa Welcome America! Festival, an Independence Day celebration hosted by the City of Philadelphia and title sponsor Wawa, Inc., wrapped up iconically on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway with the “4th of July Jam” hosted by The Roots and a fireworks display over the Philadelphia Art Museum.

  • Wawa Welcome America!’s Daily Schedule of Events June 16, 2011

    What better place is there to celebrate the Fourth of July than in Philadelphia, the very city where our nation began? People of all ages are invited to experience Wawa Welcome America!, the City of Philadelphia’s free July 4th Festival, from June 24 – July 4, 2011.

  • Wawa Welcome America! Debuts Singer/Songwriter Competition June 16, 2011

    Do you have what it takes to be a star? Well, Wawa Welcome America!, Philadelphia’s free multi-day July 4th Festival, is giving you a chance to shine with its new Singer/Songwriter Competition.

  • Wawa Welcome America!’s Independence Day Parade June 16, 2011

    With more than 4,000 participants from a dozen states, 16 marching musical groups, nine floats, five military branches and a multitude of special guests, Wawa Welcome America!’s Independence Day Parade is the most diverse Fourth of July parade in the country.

  • Taste of Philadelphia Entertainment Announced April 14, 2011

    Legendary R&B Artist Aaron Neville to Headline Wawa Welcome America!’s Taste of Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing June 25

2011 Media Clips:

Roots, Earth Wind and Fire to Rock Welcome America!
6-ABC

The Roots To Headline Welcome America! with Earth, Wind and Fire, Estelle, Jazzy Jeff, Michael McDonald The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Roots to Star at Philly’s Fourth of July Jam
Pollstar
The Roots Will Headline Philadelphia’s July 4th Festivities Once Again
KYW Newsradio