Unity Day (Philadelphia)

Unity Day (Philadelphia)

Unity Day is a celebration held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Ben Franklin Parkway. The event promotes unity among family as well as peace among people of all walks of life. Unity Day events and activities are created with a focus on family values. This event provides positive entertainment and information for all ages.

Event

The event is sponsored by Philadelphia's WDAS-FM radio station, Southwest Airlines, Chrysler, the Pennsylvania Lottery, VH1 Soul, Western Union, and 20 other companies to provide food, vendors, art exhibitions, literary workshops, a softball game, children's activities, and free music performances.

The 29th annual event was held on August 19, 2007. [Citation
date= 2007-08-20
year= 2007
title= Unity's spirit not dampened
periodical= The Philadelphia Inquirer
publication-place= Philadelphia
url= http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_region/20070820_Unitys_spirit_not_dampened.html
accessdate= 2007-10-18] The 30th annual event will be August 23 and 24 2008, and is being billed as Unity Weekend instead of Unity Day. It will also be at Penn's Landing instead of the Parkway. [ [http://www.pennslandingcorp.com/index.php?pageID=10&
] , pennslandingcorp.com]

Footnotes

ee also

*Greek Picnic

External links

* [http://www.wdasfm.com/pages/promo/unity_day.html Unity Day 2007]
* [http://www.wdasfm.com/pages/unity08/index.php Unity Weekend 2008]


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