The Festival finishes up with the Wawa Welcome America July fourth Concert and Fireworks (July 4, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.) on the Parkway. American Idol star Jennifer Hudson and Grammy champ Meghan Trainor are featuring the show, with Hudson performing with the Philly POPS. The yearly show closes with an amazing firecrackers show over the Art Museum, with a live soundtrack played by the United States Army Field Band on the Art Museum steps. Pack a cookout and get a spot along the Parkway to watch the free show and appear, or go to the site to download restricted free tickets for the situated segment in Eakins Oval.
The Bahamas joined the United States of America in praising the 243rd Anniversary of Independence of the United States on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Albany on the Western tip of New Providence. The official US Independence Anniversary is July 4.
Driving the rundown of dignitaries at the celebrations were Her Excellency the Most Hon. Woman Marguerite Pindling, and the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, Prime Minister, who conveyed comments on the event.
The Prime Minister said he was glad to celebrate with the United States in the interest of the general population and the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. He likewise stretched out welcome to US natives who live in The Bahamas or are visiting, and to the United States President and First Lady.
"Today, we by and by praise the kinship and the suffering bond between our two sovereign autonomous countries," he said. "Our countries are connected by topography and a history that originates before the autonomy of the American settlements."
The Prime Minister saw that, similar to Mexico and Canada, The Bahamas offers close land vicinity to the US. What's more, that this nearness has brought about the trading of individuals, thoughts and business over numerous ages and hundreds of years.
He additionally noticed that most of Bahamians follow hereditary connections to the United States of America. These incorporate Bahamians of African plunge who originated from the US as the captives of American Loyalists, who themselves populated various Bahama Islands.
Such relatives of the Gullah individuals of South Carolina settled in The Bahamas, just as Black Seminoles from Florida settled at Red Bays on the west shoreline of Andros, the Prime Minister said. He likewise referenced the Loyalists who populated Abaco, and the Clifton National Heritage Park, which was occupied by Lucayans, slaves and Loyalists.