Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
On January 1, 2015, the Mummers began their parade route at Philadelphia's City Hall and headed south along Broad Street to Washington Avenue. The Mummers used the Benjamin Franklin Parkway as a staging area prior to moving to City Hall to be judged. After the judging, the mummers joined the parade heading south on Broad St.
The Mummers Parade kicks off Wednesday at 9 a.m. and isn't scheduled to end until 5 p.m. or later. Parking restrictions and road closures. Philadelphia announced several road closures and parking ...
2013 St John's Mummers Parade Mummering is a Christmas -time house-visiting tradition practiced in Newfoundland and Labrador , Ireland , Philadelphia , and parts of the United Kingdom . Also known as mumming or janneying , it typically involves a group of friends or family who dress in disguise and visit homes within their community or ...
Notable articles on the Mummers Parade, an annual parade held New Year's Day in Philadelphia since 1901. The main article for this category is Mummers Parade . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mummers Parade .
The Mummers Parade in Philadelphia is taking place again in 2024. The annual celebration of the New Year has a long, long history, dating back to 1901 and their first "formal, city-sponsored ...
Philadelphia: 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade; Philadelphia: Mummers Parade on New Year's Day; Pittsburgh: Celebrate the Season Parade; Scranton: Greater Scranton Jaycees Santa Parade; State College: Penn State Homecoming Parade; West Chester: QVC West Chester Christmas Parade
The Mummers Parade is one of the longest-running traditions in the nation, with the first parade taking place in 1901 as a celebration of the New Year in Philadelphia. The colorful procession ...
In 1914 pharmacy student Joseph A. Ferko asked the owner of Fralinger's Drugs to sponsor a string band in the Mummers parade. The request was granted, and Ferko led the "Fralinger String Band" for several years, placing third in their 1915 attempt [1] but winning in 1920. [2] The "Ferko String Band" had its beginnings in 1922. [3]