🔒Celebrating America’s birthday with 10 ‘Made in Maine’ products

From handcrafted guitars to Italian-style gelato, Maine innovation is on full display across the state. Ahead of America's 250th birthday festivities this Independence Day weekend, we've rounded up 10 "Made in Maine" columns highlighting an array of products created in the Pine Tree State. Made in Maine: The American dream sewn into every stitch  Made in Maine: A spicy condiment made on Portland’s East End Made in Maine: Lewiston guitar maker hitting the high notes Made in Maine: The distinctive ‘snap’ behind one of Maine’s most iconic hot dogs Made in Maine: This Brunswick-made gelato is no fiasco Made in Maine: Dunstan Smokehouse creates demand for smoked fish Made in Maine: A Skowhegan shop fires up wood-fired pizza ovens Made in Maine: Shaw & Tenney’s new owners consider themselves stewards of the brand Made in Maine: A yacht built in Rockport Made in Maine: A Harrison company’s hand-cut, wooden jigsaw puzzles are an artisan luxury Watch for the next "Made in Maine" column in the July 13 issue of Mainebiz and on our website that morning. In the meantime, we wish everyone a festive and safe Independence Day weekend. If you're hanging with family and friends from out of state, try impressing them with fun facts about all the unique goods coming out of factories, commercial kitchens and workshops right here in Maine. And if you're hungry for a Red Snapper hot dog, there will be plenty of those at tonight's baseball game in Portland, where the home team will be playing as the Maine Red Snappers to kick off a four-day home stand against the Altoona (Pa.) Curve. Start time is 6 p.m.