Our Bellies Welcome Hoagies

And now for more proof that Wawa is God's gift to college students (or at the very least run by the Keebler elves or something): the mile-long hoagie.  Actually, it's a mile and a quarter, and it's being built today by the Philadelphia Art Museum to be shared among Philadelphians young and old. Nice try, Subway footlong.

Although this may seem like a perfectly natural occurrence, there is actually a reason for it that goes beyond "because it's awesome." It's Wawa Hoagie Day, and it's part of Wawa Welcome America! 2010. Today's festivities will include hoagie-building, hoagie-celebrating, hoagie-eating, plus some Rocky-related activities, whose relation to hoagies we have yet to uncover, though we're sure it exists. All of this hoagie business is also obviously a metaphor for America, and the values our country was founded on. So Welcome, Hoagies! And Happy Birthday America!