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Today Is The Day You Can Welcome America By Eating A 9,000 Pound Sandwich

Why? Because America, that’s why.

The Wawa Welcome America events have been trickling out for a few days now, but today is the first day we really pay attention. Today, ladies and gents, is the day you can feast your eyes and your stomach on the behemoth we have all unleashed, the hero Philadelphia deserves, the 4.5 ton hoagie. Beginning at noon on the Independence Visitor Center Lawn around 5th and Chestnut, you can watch Philadelphia police officers, firefighters and branches of the military compete in a hoagie-building contest to benefit local charities; visit the “letters from home” station and write letters to the troops; and enjoy a free concert from the official USO Troupe, the Liberty Bells. Oh, and the giant sandwich will be there, because who doesn’t love a Wawas?

In addition, there is some morning fun for the kids at Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse and a screening of Rocky on the Art Museum steps at 9 PM. We’re boycotting that last event until someone finally produces the Rocky IV musical that needs to happen. So Welcome America, and please … don’t judge us.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 at 9:00 am.

  • jbphilly1

    Wawa produces what is probably the most awful excuse for a “hoagie” in the Delaware Valley. Meat that’s sliced and portioned the day before, lettuce that I’m sure arrives pre-shredded, tomatoes that are either too ripe or not yet ripe, all placed on soggy, lifeless rolls that are frozen and refrigerated until they’re used up (as opposed to being fresh daily). If you eat them, you’ve simply been duped by Wawa’s slick marketing and haven’t realized that the best sandwiches come from your local deli, sandwich, hoagie or pizza shop. I pity the tourist that samples one of these sub-par atrocities and thinks they just had a Philly hoagie.