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Philly Celebrates Puerto Rican Day Parade on Ben Franklin Parkway

The Puerto Rican Day Parade and the Pulaski Day Parade were both held Sunday on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

The Puerto Rican Day Parade was delayed a week this year because of the papal visit.

The setup for the event began at 8 a.m. Sunday and the parade started at 10 a.m., forming between 16th and 18th streets and the parkway, heading west around Logan Circle and concluding at 20th Street and the parkway.

Afterward, a festival was held at American Street and Lehigh Avenue in north Philadelphia.

The setup for the Pulaski Day Parade began at 10 a.m. and the parade started at noon Sunday, forming on the parkway west of 20th Street and proceeding east around Logan Circle to 16th Street.

Copyright AP - Associated Press
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