. >> it's about as fiphiladelphia we showed the world what democracy and freedom can mean. it happened right here in our hometown and the world looks to philadelphia even today as a global beacon of what being an american can be, what freedom can be and we get to celebrate it for eight days. >> you were saying 1777 was the first time fireworks went off here in philadelphia to celebrate our independence. it's grown so much from just fireworks, though,er think people think july 4, they think, oh, i'll be out back with my family, my loved ones, cooking up burgers and hot dogs, maybe i'll see fireworks. but here in philly it's a whole bigger ball game, right? >> it's a bigger ball game because if you think about what makes democracy work is through education and making sure that kids have 10,000 free books over the course of the summer we'll do that. we'll bring families together to meet your neighbors down the street through free movie nights, we'll do it through a free museum everyday. every single day during the course of our festival there will be a free museum open where y