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2. Mummers Parade - Wikipedia

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   The Mummers Parade is held each New Year's Day in Philadelphia.Started in 1901, it is the longest-running continuous folk parade in the United States. Local clubs, usually called "New Years Associations" or "New Years Brigades", compete in one of five categories: Comics, Wench Brigades, Fancies, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades.

3. Liacouras Center - Wikipedia

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   The Liacouras Center [3] is a 10,206-seat multi-purpose venue which opened in 1997 and was originally named " The Apollo of Temple ". The arena was renamed in 2000 for Temple University President, Peter J. Liacouras. It is part of a $107 million, four-building complex along North Broad Street on the Temple University campus in North Philadelphia.

4. 1985 MOVE bombing - Wikipedia

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   The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices from a ...

5. Philadelphia weekend plans: Family-friendly activities on the ...

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   Both events run from 1 to 4 p.m., and they're close to each other. At Subaru Park, where the Philadelphia Union play, is the third annual Chester River Fest. There will be live music and dancing ...

6. MOVE (Philadelphia organization) - Wikipedia

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   African Americans. MOVE (pronounced like the word "move"), originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a communal organization that advocates for nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart). The name, styled in all capital letters, is not an acronym.

7. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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   The city of Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of the First and Second ...