JULY 4, 2024 CELEBRATIONS!

There's nothing like spending Independence Day in Bel Air, Maryland! From dawn to dark, we promise you will experience a clean, lively community and a progressive spirit. Professional and service organizations, churches, museums, historic landmarks and schools are concentrated in our town, which is also the county seat of Harford County.

Daytime events include a Pancake Breakfast, Horseshoe Pitching, Water Balloon Tossing, Bocce Fun and Instruction, a Bicycle Rodeo, Watermelon Eating, and Uncle Sam Says, and it all begins with a patriotic FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY, complete with "Call to the Colors," and the Star-Spangled Banner (our National Anthem).

Evening events include our fabulous PARADE, followed by a spectacular fireworks display!

ABOUT THE JULY 4 PARADE!

Our next parade is Thursday evening, July 4, 2024, beginning at 6:00 pm. Our theme for 2024 is Bel Air – the Next 150 Years! — in honor of 2024 being 150 years since the Town of Bel Air was incorporated, and so we look forward to the next 150 years to come!

The Bel Air Independence Day Committee has a vision of how our parade should look and feel. Participants in our parade are required to present themselves in a manner that is consistent with this vision.

First and foremost, we encourage all parade applicants to consider in advance how to "decorate" or craft their entry to conform not only to the general theme of an Independence Day Parade, but to the specific patriotic theme we choose each year for our parade. In the past, many floats and other units have done a fantastic job of illustrating or embodying our themes — therefore we hope that parade applicants will find ways to illustrate this year's theme in what they plan to do.

Any parade applicant and most especially all parade participants (whose applications have been accepted), are cordially invited to ask any member of the Bel Air Independence Day Committee for ideas or suggestions about this. We love creativity and we applaud those who exercise it!

Host or Publisher Bel Air Independence Day Committee, Inc.