 Meantime, a more somber celebration in Highland Park, Illinois, which held its first Fourth of July parade in two years following a mass shooting there. Mayor Nancy Rottering. In the aftermath of July 4th, 2022, one of the third graders who came through City Hall asked me, do we ever get to celebrate the Fourth of July again? And I said, absolutely. So today is that first step. Seven people were killed during celebrations in 2022. The shooter said to go on trial next year.