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Get in step with Dundalk's Independence Day Parade. Plus, digging into Colonial Maryland's history!

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr
Published July 3, 2023 at 10:49 AM EDT
The Baltimore City Pipe Band will march in the Dundalk Independence Day Parade, the state's longest continuously running Fourth of July parade. Photo: BCPB
The Baltimore City Pipe Band will march in the Dundalk Independence Day Parade, the state's longest continuously running Fourth of July parade. Photo: BCPB

Got plans for the Fourth? We get a preview of the Dundalk Independence Day parade, which features giant balloons, bagpipes and more! Plus, we speak archeologist Travis Parno about a recent discovery: the unearthed remains of one of Maryland’s first colonists, a teenager.

Links: Dundalk Parade info, St. Mary's archeological finds, Historic St. Mary's City.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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