Festivities get under way 10 a.m. Monday with a Go 4th & Learn About History event in Franklin Square. The focus will be Wawa dairy, now celebrating its 100th year.
This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the hoagie's being named Philadelphia's official sandwich. Wawa Hoagie Day, held Wednesday at noon, will honor the sandwich with a 4.5-ton Italian hoagie served on Independence Mall, said Laurie Bruce, Wawa spokeswoman.
This year's Fourth of July party on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will feature fireworks and music by the Roots.
The complete list of events follows:
JUNE 25
Go 4th & Learn About History
Franklin Square, 6th and Race Streets
10 a.m.-noon Storytelling
10 a.m.-noon Wawa Interactive Dairy and History Area
Philly at the Movies
"The Great Gatsby"
Rittenhouse Square
9 p.m.
JUNE 26
Go 4th and Learn About Your Imagination (sold out)
Please Touch Museum
4231 Avenue of the Republic
10 a.m.-noon
Philly at the Movies
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
Piazza at Schmidts
1050 N. Hancock St.
9 p.m.
JUNE 27
Go 4th and Learn About Fitness
Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse, East Fairmount Park
10 a.m.-noon
Wawa Hoagie Day
Independence Mall at Independence National Historical Park
Noon-2 p.m.
Philly at the Movies
"Rocky"
Philadelphia Museum of Art
20th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
9 p.m.
JUNE 28
Go 4th & Learn About Mummers
The Mummers Museum
1100 S. 2d St.
10 a.m.-noon
Philly at the Movies
Preview of "The Amazing Spider-Man"
Rave Motion Pictures
4012 Walnut St.
7 p.m.
(Ticket giveaway winners to be announced this week.)
JUNE 29
Go 4th & Learn About Animals (sold out)
Philadelphia Zoo
3400 W. Girard Ave.
10 a.m.-noon
PHL Photo Exhibit
"Faces of Freedom: The Constitution at 225"
Philadelphia International Airport (Terminal A-East)
10 a.m.
Taste of Philadelphia
Penn's Landing
5-10 p.m.
JUNE 30
Taste of Philadelphia Concert and Fireworks Spectacular
Penn's Landing
11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Super Scooper All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Festival
Walnut West Parking Lot at Columbus Boulevard and Walnut Street
Noon-5 p.m.
6-9 p.m.
JULY 1
Taste of Philadelphia
Gospel Sunday
Penn's Landing
11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Super Scooper All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Festival
Walnut West Parking Lot, at Columbus Boulevard and Walnut Street
Noon-5 p.m.
July 2
Philly at the Movies
"Why Did I Get Married?"
Dell Music Center
N. 33d Street
9 p.m.
JULY 3
Mural Arts Paint Day
Independence Mall at Independence National Historical Park
2-5 p.m.
"POPS! on Independence"
Independence Hall
8 p.m.
JULY 4
Celebration of Freedom Ceremony
Steps of Independence Hall, 6th and Market Streets
10-11 a.m.
Philadelphia Independence Day Parade
Throughout Historic Philadelphia
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Party on the Parkway
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
20th Street to Eakins Oval
Noon-7 p.m.
4th of July Jam and Grand Finale Fireworks
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
20th and Eakins Oval
7-11 p.m.
Contact Dara McBride at 215-854-4909 or dmcbride@philly.com.
