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America's Birthday Bash: Best of the Wawa Welcome America festivities
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America's Birthday Bash: Best of the Wawa Welcome America festivities

Ahead of the big July 4th concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, take a look back at the highlights of the 16-day Wawa Welcome America festivities throughout Philadelphia with NBC10’s half-hour special “America’s Birthday Bash,” hosted by Tracy Davidson and Johnny Archer. 

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