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Philly Firsts
Ben Franklin
Welcome America
100
This object rang to celebrate the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
What is the Liberty Bell?
100
This Philadelphia baseball team was selected to host the 2026 Major League Baseball all-star game.
Who are the Phillies?
100
In 1933, these delicious desserts were sold to the public for the very first time.
What are Girl Scout Cookies?
100
In 1751, Benjamin Franklin founded America's first public version of this, a place where people go if they are sick or injured.
What is a hospital?
100
The Welcome America festival will feature six days of these exploding objects.
What are fireworks?
200
Legend has it Betsy Ross was visited by George Washington in 1776 and hired to sew the first American flag. How many stars were on the flag back then?
What is 13?
200
This basketball team in Philadelphia is named for the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Who are the 76ers?
200
Philadelphia was the first American city to open one of these, a place where you can see and learn about animals from all over the world.
What's a zoo?
200
In 1736, Ben Franklin started this, the first group in America dedicated to putting out flames.
What's a fire department?
200
The Welcome America festival will end on the 250th anniversary of this date, celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
What is July 4, 1776?
300
A Bucks County park is named for this man, who led American soldiers across the Delaware River during the Revolutionary War. He later became the first president.
Who is George Washington?
300
The Aronimink club, located in Newtown Square, hosted the PGA Championship for this sport last week.
What is golf?
300
Franklin Field, located at the University of Pennsylvania, was the nation's first stadium, where this football team won its first three championships.
Who are the Eagles?
300
Benjamin Franklin's face appears on this dollar bill.
What is the $100 bill?
300
The Welcome America festival is sponsored by this local gas station, who will give out free hoagies in front of Independence Hall on July 1.
What is Wawa?
400
Longtime Philadelphia resident Ben Franklin is an example of a "Founding ___________," a nickname given to the men who helped start the United States.
What is Founding Father?
400
Featuring 48 different countries, Philadelphia and other American cities will host this soccer tournament in the summer.
What is the World Cup?
400
This springy, bendy toy made from a series of connected circles can be made out of metal or plastic. (It was invented in Philadelphia in 1943.)
What is a slinky?
400
In 1752, Ben Franklin discovered that lightning was made of this type of energy, which we use today to power homes, devices, and even some cars.
What is electricity?
400
The final fireworks display at Welcome America will take place over this museum, which includes the famous "Rocky Steps."
What is the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
500
The building where the Declaration of Independence was debated and signed in 1776.
What is Independence Hall?
500
Philadelphia hosted games for this yearly college basketball tournament that took place two months ago.
What is March Madness?
500
The first march through the streets to celebrate a November holiday was held in Philadelphia in 1920.
What is a Thanksgiving parade?
500
Benjamin Franklin invented swim fins, the lightning rod, bifocal glasses, and this concept in which people wind their clocks forward or backward one hour depending on the time of year.
What is Daylight Savings Time?
500
The Welcome America festival starts on this federal holiday June 19, which celebrates the end of slavery in America?
What is Juneteenth?