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LIVE updates: Philadelphia celebrates America's 250th birthday

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LIVE updates: Philadelphia celebrates America's 250th birthday

Philadelphia is ready to celebrate America's 250th birthday! Despite dangerously hot temperatures that forced some 4th of July events to be canceled, Philadelphia will commemorate this historic milestone with the One Philly: Unity Concert for America on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and a dazzling fireworks display at the conclusion of the show.

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