03:42 - >>MAKE SOME MORE NOISE. FAIR

03:42 - THAT SIXERS STICKS ARE GIVEN

03:54 - >>AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

03:55 - AND WELCOME TO OUR OPENING

03:58 - RECEPTION.

03:59 - WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START OFF

04:00 - AS ANYBODY ELSE LIKE READY FOR

04:01 - THE CLUB SCENE AFTER ROCKING

04:05 - WITH THEM RIGHT? SO GOOD.

04:06 - SO MY NAME IS RYAN LUCKY AND I

04:08 - COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO

04:10 - GUIDE YOU THROUGH THIS

04:12 - INCREDIBLE JOURNEY AS YOUR

04:14 - EMCEE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS

04:17 - TOGETHER, WE ARE GOING TO

04:18 - EXPLORE EVERYTHING THIS WEEKEND

04:18 - HAS TO OFFER AND I'LL BE WITH

04:20 - YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY

04:21 - LEADING YOU THROUGH EXCITING

04:25 - EVENTS AND SESSIONS. IT IS

04:26 - REALLY TRULY A PRIVILEGE TO BE

04:27 - HERE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT

04:29 - THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS

04:31 - WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, I'VE SPENT

04:33 - MOST OF MY CAREER TELLING THE

04:33 - STORIES OF THE AMAZING PEOPLE

04:36 - WHO CALL PENNSYLVANIA HOME

04:38 - CELEBRATING OUR RICH HISTORY

04:39 - AND HIGHLIGHTING THE UNIQUE

04:42 - SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

04:43 - IT'S EASY TO SAY I REALLY FEEL

04:46 - A DEEP CONNECTION TO

04:47 - THIS EVENT.

04:48 - >>YOU KNOW, PENNSYLVANIA ISN'T

04:49 - JUST WHERE I WORK. IT'S MY HOME

04:50 - FROM STARTING MY TELEVISION

04:51 - CAREER, RIGHT OUT OF HIGH

04:55 - SCHOOL IN JOHNSTOWN.

04:55 - >>PITCHING STORIES AS A KID.

04:56 - YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE TRAPPER

04:57 - KEEPER. IT'S BACK IN THE DAY.

04:59 - THAT'S HOW I ROLLED TO HOSTING

05:00 - A DAILY MORNING SHOW SEGMENT

05:03 - ON WNT PTV. THE ABC AFFILIATE

05:03 - THAT COVER NORTHEASTERN AND

05:06 - CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. I'VE HAD

05:08 - THE HONOR TO BE A PART OF A

05:08 - COMMUNITY THAT IS PASSIONATE

05:11 - ABOUT ITS CULTURE. IT'S

05:14 - HISTORY. AND OF COURSE, ITS

05:16 - FUTURE. ONE OF THE REASONS I AM

05:18 - SO INVESTED IN THIS EVENT IS

05:19 - BECAUSE OF THE LINE. SO

05:20 - NATURALLY WITH WHAT I'VE ALWAYS

05:22 - TRIED TO DO IN MY CAREER IN

05:23 - TELEVISION AND NOW AS THE CEO

05:26 - OF MY OWN MARKETING AND

05:27 - PRODUCTION COMPANY, IT'S ALL

05:29 - ABOUT TELLING STORIES THAT

05:31 - MATTER OVER MY CAREER. I HAD

05:32 - THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO

05:34 - INTERVIEW ICONS LIKE REGIS

05:36 - PHILBIN, SITTING PRESIDENTS,

05:37 - INCLUDING BILL CLINTON. BUT

05:39 - REALLY SOME OF THE MOST

05:40 - MEANINGFUL STORIES AND THE

05:42 - THINGS THAT ALWAYS STUCK WITH

05:47 - ME ARE THE ONES ABOUT THE

05:47 - PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA, THEIR

05:48 - RESILIENCE AND THEIR

05:50 - CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR GREAT

05:52 - NATION. THIS GATHERING IS

05:54 - HISTORIC IN ITSELF. WE'RE HERE

05:55 - NOT JUST LOOK BACK ON THE PAST,

05:57 - BUT TO ACTIVELY SHAPE THE

05:59 - FUTURE. AND AS YOU STAND HERE

06:01 - IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICA,

06:04 - TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE

06:05 - THE LEGACY THAT WE ARE

06:07 - CELEBRATING AND HOW EACH OF YOU

06:08 - ARE ALL A PART OF THAT ONGOING

06:12 - STORY. LOOK AROUND YOU. WHAT'S

06:13 - SO INCREDIBLE TONIGHT, PEOPLE

06:14 - FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY

06:16 - ARE IN THIS ROOM ALL GATHERED

06:18 - HERE, NOT JUST TO CELEBRATE

06:22 - HISTORY, BUT TO MAKE IT THIS

06:23 - WEEKEND. WE STAND AT THE

06:24 - CROSSROADS OF HISTORY AND

06:27 - FUTURE HONORING THE PAST WHILE

06:30 - STILL CHARTING A

06:31 - COURSE FORWARD. PHILADELPHIA IS

06:32 - THE PERFECT BACKDROP FOR THIS

06:34 - OCCASION. IT'S WHERE IT ALL

06:37 - BEGAN AS WE WORK TO COMMEMORATE

06:37 - THE 200 AND 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF

06:41 - THE NATION'S FOUNDING. IT IS

06:42 - DEFINITELY FITTING TO BE HERE

06:44 - IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICA.

06:46 - BUT BEFORE WE DIVE DEEPER INTO

06:47 - THIS WEEKEND, I WANT TO TAKE A

06:49 - MOMENT TO THANK OUR SPONSORS

06:51 - FOR MAKING TONIGHT POSSIBLE

06:52 - EASTERN ATLANTIC STATES

06:54 - REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS

06:57 - VISIT PHILADELPHIA AND

06:58 - MICROSOFT. THEIR SUPPORT HAS

07:01 - BEEN INVALUABLE.

07:06 - AND NOW WITHOUT FURTHER ADO,

07:09 - IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO KICK

07:11 - OFF THE FIRST SPEAKER OF THE

07:13 - EVENING, PATRICK J BURNS,

07:14 - PRESIDENT AND CEO OF METRO

07:18 - PHILLY. MEN MANAGEMENT AND THE

07:19 - U.S. TEAM'S CHAIR OF THE

07:20 - AMERICA TO 50 P A COMMISSION.

07:30 - THANK YOU RIGHT. GOOD EVENING,

07:32 - EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR

07:36 - BEING HERE TONIGHT. I AM DEEPLY

07:38 - HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS

07:39 - CHAIR OF AMERICA TO 50 P A

07:42 - >>THE COMMISSION. ESPECIALLY

07:45 - THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION AS WE

07:45 - KICK OFF THIS HISTORIC WEEKEND.

07:48 - AS WE COME TOGETHER TO REFLECT

07:51 - 250 YEARS. AMERICAN HISTORY

07:52 - IS TRULY INSPIRING TO ME TO SEE

07:54 - SO MANY PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS.

07:58 - COMMUNITIES LEADERS GATHERED

07:58 - RIGHT HERE AT PHILADELPHIA.

08:04 - THE NATION BEGAN.

08:07 - THE BOARD IS NATIONAL THAT

08:08 - LEADING PENNSYLVANIA

08:09 - CONTRIBUTIONS OF REMARKABLE

08:10 - CELEBRATION. IT'S NOT JUST MY

08:12 - PROFESSIONAL HONOR. IT'S A

08:14 - PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. WE HAVE A

08:18 - RARE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON

08:19 - THE MILESTONES THAT HAVE SHAPED

08:21 - OUR COUNTRY AND TO ENSURE THE

08:24 - NEXT 250 YEARS, OUR MARK IN

08:25 - PROGRESS, INCLUSION AND UNITY.

08:28 - TONIGHT. I WANT TO TAKE A

08:31 - MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF YOU

08:32 - WHETHER YOUR TRAVEL ACROSS THE

08:33 - COUNTRY OR ACROSS THE STREET

08:36 - TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMITMENT AND

08:37 - PARTNERSHIP AND MAKING IT TO

08:38 - BEATING.

08:41 - >>THIS IS A REALITY.

08:43 - I ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY

08:43 - DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE

08:46 - CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS.

08:47 - STATE LEGISLATORS, COUNTY CITY

08:49 - AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS IN THE

08:51 - RUN TONIGHT FOR THEIR

08:54 - UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

08:55 - WE HAVE A OFFICIALS HERE FROM

08:56 - ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ACROSS

09:00 - THE STREET. AS WELL AS PEOPLE

09:00 - THAT REPRESENT PENNSYLVANIA.

09:06 - SO TONIGHT.

09:06 - I ASKED ALL THE ELECTED

09:07 - OFFICIALS TO GIVE US A WAVE.

09:10 - AND LET'S TAKE A LITTLE BIT.

09:23 - IN ADDITION LIKE TO RECOGNIZE

09:24 - MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE.

09:27 - WITH US THIS WEEKEND. FELLOW

09:27 - COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE GIVE US

09:30 - THE WAY.

09:37 - THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION

09:37 - AND HARD WORK DURING THE LAST

09:43 - 5 YEARS. BUT GETTING THIS

09:44 - COMMISSION TOGETHER. SO TO

09:44 - TONIGHT, WE'RE NOT JUST SAW

09:45 - EVERY THE PASS. WE'RE BUILDING

09:48 - THE FUTURE. AND THANK YOU AGAIN

09:49 - FOR BEING PART OF THIS HISTORIC

09:50 - WEEKEND. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

10:02 - THANK YOU, PATRICK.

10:03 - >>NEXT, I'M SUPER EXCITED TO

10:05 - INTRODUCE YOU TO THE PERSON

10:08 - WHOSE VISION AND DEDICATION

10:09 - HAVE BEEN REALLY AT THE HEART

10:11 - OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE.

10:14 - >>BY AMERICA TO 50 P A HER NAME

10:17 - IS CASSANDRA COLEMAN.

10:22 - >>CASSANDRA IS THE EXECUTIVE

10:25 - DIRECTOR OF AMERICA TO 50 PA.

10:26 - WE ACTUALLY MAD ABOUT 15 YEARS

10:29 - AGO AROUND 4 IN

10:30 - THE MORNING.

10:31 - >>PROMOTING ONE OF HER MANY

10:31 - AMAZING EVENTS THAT WAS MAKING

10:33 - AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

10:35 - AND WE BECAME FAST FRIENDS,

10:38 - HER ENERGY AND HER PASSION FOR

10:38 - ALL THINGS IN THE COMMONWEALTH

10:42 - IS INSPIRING AND CONTAGIOUS.

10:45 - PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING

10:47 - TO THE STAGE. THE DRIVING FORCE

10:49 - BEHIND THIS EVENT AND ALL

10:49 - THINGS AMERICA TO 50 P A

10:53 - CASSANDRA COLEMAN.

11:00 - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE

11:03 - INTRODUCTION. RYAN AND

11:05 - >>THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR

11:07 - AMAZING GUIDE FOR OUR WEEKEND'S

11:08 - FESTIVITIES IN THIS GREAT CITY

11:12 - OF PHILADELPHIA, ALMOST 250

11:13 - YEARS AGO. OUR FOREFATHERS

11:15 - SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF

11:17 - INDEPENDENCE, USHERING IN WHICH

11:18 - GEORGE WASHINGTON COINED THE

11:21 - GREAT EXPERIMENT.

11:24 - AS THEY LOOK OUT AT ALL OF OUR

11:26 - WONDERFUL ATTENDEES. I SEE

11:26 - REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS

11:29 - THIS COUNTRY. EACH DEVOTED TO

11:31 - COMMEMORATING AND HONORING OUR

11:34 - NATION. ITS HISTORY, ITS

11:35 - PRESENT AND ITS FUTURE. AND

11:40 - TO YOU, I SAY WELCOME.

11:41 - WELCOME TO THE PLACE WHERE IT

11:44 - ALL BEGAN, WHERE OUR

11:45 - FOREFATHERS CONVENED AT THE

11:47 - FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS TO

11:48 - VOICE THEIR GRIEVANCES WITH

11:50 - GREAT BRITAIN AND WHERE THEY

11:53 - LATER GATHERED TO DECLARE

11:55 - INDEPENDENCE. OUR NATION WAS

11:57 - BORN HERE. AND HERE OUR NATION

12:00 - WILL BE COMMEMORATED.

12:03 - AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

12:05 - AMERICA TO 50 PA MY HEART AND

12:07 - PASSION LIE IN CELEBRATING AND

12:09 - UPLIFTING. PENNSYLVANIA IS

12:13 - STORY IN DOING SO. I HONOR

12:14 - THINK THE CREATION ONGOING

12:14 - JOURNEY OF THIS GREAT

12:17 - EXPERIMENT. BUT I'M MORE THAN

12:18 - JUST THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

12:22 - I'M AN AMERICAN. I'M A PROUD

12:23 - PENNSYLVANIAN. THE

12:23 - GRANDDAUGHTER AND MY DAUGHTER

12:27 - AND I'M A MOTHER, MY

12:27 - GRANDFATHER, THE FORMER MAYOR

12:30 - OF EXETER INSTILLED IN ME THE

12:31 - IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVELY

12:32 - PARTICIPATING IN THE GROWTH

12:36 - IN PROGRESS OF OUR TOWN OF OUR

12:39 - STATE AND OF OUR COUNTRY.

12:41 - HIS LEGACY IN EXETER WAS NOT

12:44 - JUST ONE OF LEADERSHIP, BUT OF

12:44 - AN UNWAVERING CARE FOR THE

12:47 - PEOPLE IN WHICH HE SERVED

12:49 - INSPIRED BY HIS DEDICATION.

12:51 - I FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS

12:51 - AND LATER BECAME MAYOR OF

12:54 - BAXTER MYSELF.

12:56 - THIS EXPERIENCE DEEP INTO MY

12:58 - COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND

12:59 - TO THE VALUES THAT HAVE TRULY

13:02 - SHAPED OUR NATION.

13:02 - NOW, AS I LEAVE THE EFFORTS

13:05 - OF AMERICA TO 50 P A I CARRY

13:08 - FORWARD, THE LEGACY OF SERVICE

13:09 - AND DEDICATION, A LEGACY I CAN

13:13 - NOW PASS ON TO MY SON.

13:14 - THE GREAT EXPERIMENT IS MORE

13:17 - THAN JUST A PHRASE ITS OUR

13:20 - LIVES, ITS AN EXPERIMENT THAT

13:22 - BEGAN HERE A QUARTER OF A

13:23 - MILLENNIUM AGO THAT ARE GREAT.

13:24 - GREAT GRANDPARENTS TOOK PART IN

13:25 - AND THEN OUR GREAT GREAT

13:26 - GRANDCHILDREN WILL INHERIT.

13:31 - CELEBRATING 250 YEARS IS

13:33 - GREATER. THEN A CELEBRATION

13:35 - OF HISTORIC MOMENTS. IT'S A

13:36 - CELEBRATION OF WHO WE ARE, WHY

13:38 - WE ARE AND OUR COLLECTIVE

13:41 - HISTORY.

13:45 - WE STAND IN A UNIQUE POSITION

13:46 - TO REMIND OUR FELLOW CITIZENS

13:48 - OF EACH STATE'S DEFINING ROLE

13:49 - IN OUR GREAT NATION. AND AS

13:53 - WE GATHER HERE, LET US

13:54 - COMMEMORATE THE STORY OF

13:55 - AMERICA AND IT IS NOT CONFINED

13:58 - TO PHILADELPHIA ALONE. EVERY

14:01 - STATE, EVERY CITY AND EVERY

14:02 - CITIZEN HAS PLAYED A PART IN

14:05 - THIS GRAND NARRATIVE.

14:08 - FROM THE HISTORIC STREETS OF

14:09 - MASSACHUSETTS TO THE COASTAL

14:11 - CHARM OF RHODE ISLAND. FROM THE

14:15 - ROLLING HILLS OF VIRGINIA TO

14:18 - THE HEARTLAND OF OHIO.

14:19 - EACH OF US HOLDS A PIECE OF THE

14:23 - AMERICAN TAPESTRY TOGETHER.

14:26 - WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THE

14:26 - RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL THE

14:28 - STORIES OF OUR HOMES TO DEEPEN

14:31 - OUR PRIDE AND SELL IN

14:33 - CELEBRATION AND TO SHAPE THE

14:36 - HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIME.

14:38 - AS WE GATHER IN THIS HISTORIC

14:39 - CITY. LET US REMEMBER THAT THE

14:41 - LEGACY OF OUR FOREFATHERS LIVES

14:43 - ON THROUGH OUR ACTIONS TODAY.

14:45 - THIS CONVENING IS NOT JUST

14:47 - ABOUT COMMEMORATING THE PAST.

14:49 - IT'S ABOUT FORGING THE FUTURE.

14:53 - IT IS ABOUT COLLABORATION IS

14:55 - ABOUT ENCOURAGEMENT AND THE

14:57 - OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM ONE

14:58 - ANOTHER. AS WE HONOR THE STORY

14:59 - OF AMERICA AND THIS ONGOING

15:03 - GREAT EXPERIMENT. SO AS WE MOVE

15:04 - FORWARD, LET US CARRY WITH US

15:05 - THE LESSONS OF THE PAST, THE

15:08 - PRIDE OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE

15:12 - HOPE FOR THE FUTURE TOGETHER.

15:12 - LET US CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE

15:16 - NEXT 250 YEARS OF THIS GREAT

15:16 - EXPERIMENT. I'M THRILLED TO

15:18 - HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. AND

15:19 - TONIGHT. THEY WANT TO THANK

15:21 - YOU FOR JOINING US. AND I WANT

15:23 - TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

15:24 - DEDICATION AND YOUR COMMITMENT

15:26 - TO CARRY FORWARD THE LEGACY

15:29 - OF OUR NATION. THANK YOU.

15:37 - THANK YOU, CASSANDRA. AND BY

15:39 - THE WAY, SHE IS AN AMAZING TEAM

15:40 - TOOLS THAT WE GIVE THEM SOME

15:42 - LOVE AS WELL.

15:48 - >>IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO

15:49 - INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER FOR

15:49 - THE EVENING. STEPPING IN ON

15:53 - BEHALF OF MAYOR PARKER.

15:54 - >>WE HAD GISELLE JONES,

15:55 - PHILADELPHIA'S CITY

15:56 - REPRESENTATIVE AND DIRECTOR OF

16:00 - SPECIAL EVENTS AND AN AMERICAN

16:01 - AND THEN AND AMERICA TO 50 P

16:04 - A COMMISSIONER. MS JONES WILL

16:05 - BE DELIVERING REMARKS ON THE

16:07 - MAYOR'S BEHALF AND WE'RE SO

16:09 - GRATEFUL THAT SHE IS WITH US

16:10 - TONIGHT. PLEASE WELCOME GISELLE

16:13 - JONES.

16:20 - >>AND GOOD EVENING SO AMAZING

16:24 - TO LOOK OUT AT THIS CROWD HERE

16:25 - THAT REMARKS FROM CA SONDRA

16:27 - AND I DEEPLY HONORED AND MOVED

16:30 - BY IT AND HAPPY TO DELIVER

16:30 - REMARKS ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR,

16:33 - MAYOR SHARON

16:34 - TAL PARKER. BUT I DO SEE SOME

16:34 - FRIENDS IN THE ROOM. IF YOU'LL

16:37 - TAKE A MOMENT THAT I MAY SAY HI

16:40 - TO GOVERNOR MISSUS WILL HELLO

16:41 - THERE. HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE.

16:47 - AND AND CA. SONDRA, THANK YOU

16:49 - FOR HAVING ME ON THIS JOURNEY.

16:52 - MY COLLEAGUE MICHAEL NUMIS,

16:55 - WHO IS THE PHILADELPHIA 2026

16:57 - DIRECTOR AND THE PRESIDENT AND

16:58 - CEO OF VISIT PHILLY, ANGELA

17:00 - VALLE.

17:06 - WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE

17:08 - TRAVELED FAR AND WIDE TO BE

17:09 - WITH US. AND I WANT TO THANK

17:11 - YOU FOR THAT FOR MAKING THE

17:12 - TRIP TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE

17:15 - KNOW. MAYOR PARKER AND I THAT

17:16 - IT WILL BE A VERY SPECTACULAR

17:19 - WEEKEND.

17:20 - I AM HONORED TO WELCOME YOU

17:23 - TO THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN

17:25 - DEMOCRACY AND OUR NATION'S

17:26 - FIRST WORLD HERITAGE CITY WORLD

17:29 - HERITAGE CITY. AND MY PROUD

17:32 - CITY, PHILADELPHIA.

17:38 - AS WE APPROACH THE 200 AND 50TH

17:39 - ANNIVERSARY OF OUR NATION'S

17:42 - FOUNDING. IT IS INCUMBENT UPON

17:44 - US TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK

17:46 - COLLABORATIVELY TO BUILD ON

17:46 - THE PROMISES OF OUR FOUNDING

17:49 - FATHERS.

17:52 - PUBLICLY RECOGNIZING THIS

17:53 - MOMENTOUS OCCASION WOULD NOT BE

17:56 - POSSIBLE WITHOUT

17:57 - INTERGOVERNMENTAL

17:57 - COLLABORATION. SOMETHING MAYOR

17:59 - PARKER HAS STATED TIME AND TIME

18:02 - AGAIN AS IT IS VERY ESSENTIAL

18:04 - TO BRING MORE RESOURCES TO OUR

18:06 - CITY, SOMETHING THAT SHE HAS

18:09 - PRIORITIZED SINCE DAY ONE.

18:10 - THIS ADMINISTRATION IS SUPER

18:13 - PROUD TO BE PARTNERS WITH

18:14 - LEADERS ACROSS THE

18:17 - COMMONWEALTH, INCLUDING OUR

18:18 - GOVERNOR, OUR CONGRESSIONAL

18:20 - DELEGATION, PHILADELPHIA CITY

18:22 - COUNCIL, THE TREASURY AMERICA

18:25 - TO 50 AND MANY MORE PARTNER

18:26 - ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS

18:31 - REGION. AS YOU MAY KNOW,

18:32 - PHILADELPHIA IS SET TO WELCOME

18:37 - THE WORLD IN 2026. FOR A YEAR.

18:39 - PACKED WITH ONCE IN A LIFETIME

18:40 - CITYWIDE EVENTS IN SPECTACLE,

18:42 - SUCH AS THE FIFA WORLD CUP.

18:45 - MLB ALL-STAR GAME, THE PGA AND

18:48 - MANY MORE.

18:49 - AS WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HOST

18:53 - THESE IMPACTFUL EVENTS, OUR

18:57 - VISION FOR THE 200 AND 50TH

18:58 - ANNIVERSARY EXTENDS WELL BEYOND

18:59 - ALL OF THESE AMAZING

19:01 - FESTIVITIES.

19:05 - APPROACH 250 YEARS OF OUR

19:06 - NATION'S FOUNDING, THE MEANING

19:09 - OF THIS MOMENT RINGS AS LAU AND

19:12 - TRUE AS EVER.

19:13 - PARTICULARLY HERE IN

19:14 - PHILADELPHIA AND ACROSS THE

19:15 - COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

19:21 - FROM OUR QUAKER ROOTS AND

19:23 - INDIGENOUS HERITAGE TO THE MANY

19:24 - TRAIL BLAZERS WHO KNEW THAT

19:26 - 17? 76 WAS JUST THE BEGINNING

19:30 - OF THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.

19:31 - PHILADELPHIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT

19:34 - THE FOREFRONT OF FREEDOM.

19:37 - IT WAS HERE IN PHILADELPHIA IN

19:41 - 18. 69 THAT THE WOMEN'S

19:42 - SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT PIONEER A

19:43 - MORE INCLUSIVE DEFINITION OF

19:45 - DEMOCRACY.

19:49 - 2 YEARS LATER IN

19:51 - 18, 71 CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER

19:53 - OCTAVIUS CATTO WAS KILLED HERE

19:55 - ON THE SOUTH STREET. THEN SOUTH

19:58 - STREET IN PHILADELPHIA WHILE

19:58 - FIGHTING FOR BLACK AMERICANS

19:59 - TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO

20:03 - VOTE. NEARLY A CENTURY LATER

20:07 - FROM 1965. TO 1969. IN FRONT

20:12 - OF INDEPENDENCE HALL, THE

20:13 - ANNUAL REMINDERS WERE AMONG THE

20:16 - EARLIEST DEMONSTRATIONS TO

20:17 - REMIND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT

20:21 - THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY DESERVED

20:23 - BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS.

20:27 - THAT'S WHY 2026 IS JUST MORE

20:28 - THAN A CELEBRATION. IT'S MORE

20:30 - THAN A MILESTONE, NO MATTER

20:32 - WHAT CITY OR STATE YOU ARE FROM

20:35 - AS WE WORK TO COLLABORATE THIS

20:38 - WEEKEND. LET US LEAVE HERE.

20:39 - INSPIRED AND READY TO MAKE

20:41 - HISTORY TOGETHER.

20:49 - >>IN TWENTY-TWENTY 6, WE WILL

20:51 - SHOW THE NATION AND THE WORLD

20:53 - THAT THE BIRTHPLACE OF OUR

20:56 - DEMOCRACY IS

20:58 - THE SAFEST.

20:59 - >>CLAIMS GREENNESS BAKE CITY IN

21:01 - THE NATION WITH ACCESS TO

21:01 - ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

21:07 - CASANDRA AND PAT AGAIN, I AM

21:07 - HONORED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD

21:08 - AND I THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME

21:11 - AS A COMMISSIONER.

21:12 - AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR

21:15 - BEING HERE.

21:25 - THANK YOU SO MUCH, GISELLE

21:26 - JONES. NOW I GOT TO BE ON AS

21:27 - THE NEXT SPEAKER. I'M

21:27 - INTRODUCING I WAS KIND OF

21:30 - NERVOUS LIKE I BETTER NAIL MY

21:31 - OUTFIT.

21:31 - >>BECAUSE OF THIS GUY NOT ONLY

21:36 - KNOWS STYLE, HE KNOWS THE

21:37 - ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS, BUT

21:38 - EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS

21:40 - SOMEBODY WHO IS SO PASSIONATE

21:43 - ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA. HE EMBODIES

21:46 - THE PRIDE OF PA THE CREATIVITY.

21:47 - HE'S A NAME, YOU KNOW, A FACE,

21:47 - YOU KNOW, THE ONE AND ONLY

21:50 - CARSON KRESSLEY.

21:55 - >>THANK YOU. NO, NO, NO,

21:56 - PLEASE. A STANDING OVATION.

21:59 - PLEASE SIT DOWN THANK YOU FOR

22:00 - NOT BRINGING CHAIRS BECAUSE

22:02 - THAT MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD.

22:04 - AND ARE WE LIVE ON PCN RIGHT

22:05 - NOW ON MY MOM'S PROBABLY

22:08 - WATCHING. IF YOU'RE FROM ONE OF

22:11 - OUR NEIGHBOR STATES, NEW

22:11 - JERSEY, IN THE JUST ONE LADY.

22:15 - IT'S SO CLOSE. IT'S ONLY A

22:15 - BRIDGE A WAY. WHERE IS THE REST

22:16 - OF THEM? OHIO HAS SEVERAL ALL.

22:20 - THEY HAD A DRIVE LIKE 6 HOURS

22:22 - ANYWAY. NO NEW JERSEY SHAMING.

22:23 - AND HELLO TO EVERYONE WATCHING

22:27 - ON PCN ITS OUR LOCAL

22:28 - PENNSYLVANIA ON TELEVISION

22:30 - NETWORK AND NORMALLY. I JUST

22:32 - WATCH SHEEP SHEARING FROM THE

22:35 - FARM SHOW. OKAY ON THAT BECAUSE

22:35 - I MIGHT LOOK NORMAL, BUT I'M

22:39 - VERY LONELY.

22:41 - SO IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

22:41 - I'M GONNA TAKE THESE OFF

22:42 - BECAUSE THEY CAN ACTUALLY CAN'T

22:45 - READ WITH THEM. IT'S AGAIN,

22:46 - JUST TO THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

22:47 - WITH ME. SO RYAN, THANK YOU

22:49 - FOR THAT GLOWING INTRODUCTION.

22:53 - I SO APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK

22:53 - YOU TO EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.

22:54 - I DIDN'T REALIZE WAS GOING TO

22:56 - BE ALL OF THE STATES COMING

22:58 - TOGETHER. I'M HERE IN PHILLY

23:00 - IN OUR BELOVED PENNSYLVANIA.

23:02 - SO I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO

23:02 - BE A PART OF THIS SPECIAL

23:05 - EVENT. SO YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW.

23:06 - BUT I WAS RAISED RIGHT HERE

23:09 - IN PENNSYLVANIA. I ALWAYS TELL

23:14 - PEOPLE I J CENT. OKAY.

23:14 - PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH, BUT I NEVER

23:17 - WORE A BONNET. I MEAN, FOR

23:20 - RELIGIOUS PURPOSES.

23:22 - AND I GREW UP IN THE LEHIGH

23:24 - VALLEY AND WE WEREN'T AMISH.

23:25 - BUT WE'RE VERY YEAH. THESE

23:26 - LEHIGH VALLEY PEEPS. FANTASTIC.

23:29 - WHAT TOWN. THAT THE HEART OF

23:32 - IT ALL. YES, THAT'S WHERE I

23:33 - WAS BORN. THIS LITTLE PLAQUE IN

23:38 - THE HOSPITAL. SO I GREW UP

23:39 - OUTSIDE OF ALLENTOWN AND THE

23:41 - BEAUTIFUL LEHIGH VALLEY.

23:41 - AND EVERY ONCE A WHILE, THERE

23:42 - WOULD BE A HORSE AND BUGGY THAT

23:43 - WANDERED OVER FROM KUTZTOWN.

23:45 - BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER SHOW.

23:47 - AND GROWING UP HERE REALLY

23:49 - SHAPED WHO I AM. AND ALTHOUGH

23:50 - I'VE, YOU KNOW, SPENT A LOT OF

23:51 - TIME IN NEW YORK IN LA FOR

23:53 - WORK. I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS

23:54 - CONSIDER PENNSYLVANIA HOME AND

23:55 - PEOPLE SAY WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

23:56 - AND LIKE? ALLENTOWN, HELLO.

24:02 - VERY PROUD TO BE HERE RIGHT

24:04 - NOW. CURRENTLY LIVE ADJACENT TO

24:05 - MY FAMILY CENTURY FARM, WHICH

24:10 - WE'VE HAD SINCE 1924, WE RAISED

24:11 - SOME WORLD CHAMPION HORSES.

24:11 - THEIR AGRICULTURE IS A BIG PART

24:13 - OF PA, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD

24:16 - OF. AND EVENTUALLY I FOUND MY

24:18 - WAY INTO THE TELEVISION WORLD

24:20 - KIND OF ACCIDENTALLY AND THE

24:21 - VALUES THAT I LEARNED GROWING

24:24 - UP IN OUR AMAZING STATE HARD

24:27 - WORK. AUTHENTICITY, EMBRACING

24:28 - YOUR UNIQUENESS HAVE GUIDED

24:29 - ME SO WELL THROUGH MY ENTIRE

24:33 - LIFE. SO I WAS JUST THINKING,

24:34 - WHEN DID YOU ALL GET TO SEE

24:35 - THE LIBERTY BELL OVER THERE?

24:38 - AND IT SAYS IT SAYS PAUSES FOR

24:41 - A MOMENT REFLECTING ON HIS

24:42 - JOURNEY, SIMON REFLECT ON MY

24:46 - JOURNEY. AND IT'S A

24:46 - REAL JOURNEY. PICTURE IT 1976.

24:52 - IT WAS THE BICENTENNIAL.

24:53 - I HAD A COUPLE QUINT HEANEY'S

24:53 - OR WHATEVER THE VODKA DRINKS

24:56 - WERE. SO BEAR WITH ME PCN HI

24:59 - MOM.

25:01 - SO IS 1976. IT WAS OUR

25:04 - BICENTENNIAL. WE EVEN HAD

25:04 - SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

25:05 - REMEMBER, THEY HAD A LITTLE

25:07 - LIBERTY BELL ON THEM.

25:11 - AND ON SOMEBODY DECIDED TO

25:11 - REENACT THE JOURNEY THAT THE

25:13 - LIBERTY BELL TOOK. WHEN THEY

25:16 - WERE SAVING. IT FROM

25:18 - DESTRUCTION FROM BRITISH

25:21 - FORCES. SO TURNS OUT MY

25:21 - NEIGHBOR FREDERICK LEASER.

25:22 - I DIDN'T KNOW HIM BECAUSE IT

25:23 - WAS LIKE LITERALLY 250 YEARS

25:25 - AGO ON.

25:26 - IT WAS IN PHILADELPHIA ON HAD

25:27 - HIS WAGON FULL OF APPLES THAT

25:29 - HE BROUGHT FROM THE FARM NEXT

25:32 - TO MINE. HE WAS GOING TO SELL

25:36 - THEM FOR, I THINK ALCOHOL

25:37 - PURPOSES. I'M JUST GUESSING.

25:41 - AND THEY SAID THE BRITISH ARE

25:42 - COMING. THEY'RE GOING TO MELT

25:44 - DOWN THE LIBERTY BELL. DO.

25:45 - CAN WE BORROW YOUR WAGON?

25:47 - HE WAS LIKE ABSOLUTELY.

25:49 - FREDERICK LEASER GOOGLE IT AND

25:50 - I'M SO HE PUT THE LIBERTY BELL

25:53 - IN HIS WAGON AND THEY COVERED

25:55 - IT WAS STRONG. MAYBE SOME OLD

25:57 - APPLES AND THEY DROVE IT ALL

25:58 - THE WAY FROM HERE TO ALLENTOWN

26:03 - IT IN A CHURCH BASEMENT, WHICH

26:03 - IF I WAS LOOKING FOR A BALLOT

26:04 - PROBABLY LOOKING AT CHURCH,

26:05 - BUT WHATEVER. WAS THEIR IDEA?

26:10 - AND IN 1976, SOMEBODY HAD THE

26:13 - IDEA TO REENACT THIS JOURNEY

26:16 - AND MY GRANDPARENTS BEING

26:17 - FARMERS THAT LIVED ON THE

26:20 - FREDERICK LEE, SIR, WORLD.

26:22 - SAID, LET'S REENACT THIS DRIVE

26:24 - AND WE WILL BRING OUR FORCES

26:26 - AND OUR WAGONS TO PHILADELPHIA

26:28 - AND WE WILL DRESS IN COLONIAL

26:30 - GARB. IMAGINE ME, 7 YEARS OLD

26:33 - TRY CORNER HAT.

26:35 - MY GRANDMOTHER WASN'T A CRUTCH.

26:36 - IF YOU'D LIKE A RUFFLED LIKE

26:39 - BETSY ROSS HAT, WE WERE IN

26:39 - SAINT AND WE'RE DRIVING SHOW

26:42 - WORSE IS UP 202. IN TRAFFIC.

26:44 - I MEAN, THEY LIKE CLOSED THE

26:47 - ROADS. IS SHE?

26:49 - AND THERE ARE THERE'S JUST NOT

26:49 - ENOUGH HORSE TRANQUILIZER IN

26:52 - THE WORLD TO MAKE IT A GOOD

26:55 - IDEA. BUT WE DID IT. AND WE

26:57 - COMMEMORATED OUR AMAZING LITTLE

26:59 - TOWN, NEW TRIPOLI,

27:01 - PENNSYLVANIA, THAT SAVED THE

27:03 - LIBERTY BELL. SO MY POINT.

27:06 - THANK YOU.

27:10 - BOY, I KNOW IT TOOK A WHILE TO

27:11 - GET HERE. THANK YOU, SIR.

27:13 - SCHOOLS SENT HEANEY'S. MY POINT

27:16 - IS THAT WE ALL HAVE THESE

27:19 - AMAZING CONNECTIONS TO OUR

27:21 - HISTORY. AND AND I SO LOOK

27:22 - FORWARD TO EVERYBODY SHARING

27:23 - YOUR STORIES ABOUT

27:26 - PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH IS MY

27:27 - FAVORITE STATE. BUT I LOOK

27:27 - FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR STORIES

27:30 - ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PLACES

27:32 - WHERE YOU COME FROM AND HOW

27:36 - THAT SHAPED OUR NATION. AS

27:36 - WE'RE NOW CELEBRATING 250

27:38 - YEARS. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING.

27:39 - I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ALL OF

27:41 - YOUR STORIES IN TWENTY-TWENTY

27:45 - 6. THANK YOU.

27:49 - >>IT'S COOL TO SAY SOME OTHER

27:50 - STUFF THAT WENT REALLY WELL.

27:52 - YOU KNOW, LEAVE NOW.

27:58 - >>THANK YOU. CARSON.

28:02 - YOU KNOW WHAT THIS EVENING

28:02 - EVENT IS UNFORGETTABLE AND

28:03 - THERE'S STILL MORE. WE HAVE

28:05 - SPECIAL MOMENTS ON TAP FOR YOU

28:07 - LATER TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO

28:09 - HAVE A SPECTACULAR SHOW ON THE

28:11 - TERRACE THAT WILL BRING HISTORY

28:13 - TO LIFE IN A TRULY CAPTIVATING

28:17 - WAY. SO MAKE SURE AT 7, 15,

28:19 - 7.15, MAKE YOUR WAY OUTSIDE FOR

28:21 - THIS INCREDIBLE SHOW AND EVEN

28:22 - KEEP AN EYE OUT BECAUSE YOU

28:24 - MAY SPOT SOME HISTORIC FIGURES

28:26 - MINGLING AROUND THE ROOM.

28:27 - AND BEFORE WE WRAP UP TONIGHT,

28:29 - I WANT TO EXTEND A SINCERE.

28:30 - THANK YOU TO ALL OF TONIGHT'S

28:31 - SPEAKERS. IF WE CAN GIVE THEM

28:34 - ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

28:40 - >>ALL OF THEIR INCREDIBLE

28:41 - CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR

28:41 - POWERFUL WORDS REALLY THAT HAD

28:45 - SET US UP FOR SUCH AN

28:45 - INCREDIBLE WEEK AND A HAVE AND

28:47 - WE CAN'T FORGET A BIG THANK YOU

28:48 - TO OUR ENTERTAINERS AT THE

28:51 - START OF THIS EVENT.

28:52 - >>THE SIXERS STICKS ERS.

28:53 - >>FOR THEIR AMAZING

28:56 - PERFORMANCE.

29:02 - AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO

29:03 - TOMORROW, JUST REMEMBER OUR

29:04 - GENERAL SESSIONS BEGIN BRIGHT

29:06 - AND EARLY AT 08:30AM, IN THE

29:08 - MORNING AT THE NATIONAL

29:10 - CONSTITUTION CENTER. WE HAVE A

29:11 - FULL DAY OF THOUGHT PROVOKING

29:13 - DISCUSSIONS, INSPIRING SPEAKERS

29:15 - AND MOMENTS. YOU DEFINITELY

29:17 - WON'T WANT TO MISS. SO THANK

29:18 - YOU AGAIN FOR BEING A PART OF

29:19 - THIS TONIGHT. AND REALLY THANK

29:21 - YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING

29:24 - THIS EVENT SO MEMORABLE, HAVE

29:25 - FUN. 7.15. WE'LL SEE YOU

29:27 - OUTSIDE.