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On Thursday’s show: As Houston gears up to mark not just another Fourth of July but also the nation’s semiquincentennial, there’s no shortage of ways to celebrate — from fireworks over Buffalo Bayou to a tree-planting event that had to work around a protected bird’s nest. We walk through some of the ways people are celebrating across Greater Houston.
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Also this hour: Sure, Lee Greenwood sang about being proud to be an American. And so we, naturally, discuss what makes you proud to be a Houstonian.
Then, we learn how Texas helped shape aviation in America, the subject of an exhibit called Made in Texas at the Lone Star Flight Museum.
And we preview the latest episode of the podcast After the Flood, about the aftermath of the July 4 floods in the Texas Hill Country.
Audio from today’s show will be available after 11 a.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, Stitcher and other apps.