Highland Park reimagines Fourth of July events, as city hosts festival on eve of holiday

Highland Park moves forward in celebrating second July 4 parade since mass shooting in 2022

An annual tradition is reclaimed once again: "It’s just part of the American spirit of getting up, dusting yourself off and remaining strong and vigilant.”

Durbin Statement Marking Three Years Since the Highland Park Shooting

SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement marking three years since the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois:

Highland Park reimagines Fourth of July events, as city hosts festival on eve of holiday

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WGN) — The city of Highland Park continues to reimagine its Fourth of July events, after the tragic mass shooting nearly three years ago that killed seven and left dozens more wounded. This year, the city will host events over two days, starting with a community festival on Thursday night, the eve of the Fourth of July holiday. Festivities get underway at 5:30 p.m., as the north suburb hosts a night filled with food, fun, an…

Highland Park parade 'full of heart, celebration' - Chronicle Media

Highland Park’s Fourth of July events included a parade which stepped off on the same route as last year.  The updated parade route did not pass by the Port Clinton Square block where seven people were killed and many were injured during the July 4, 2022 parade.  The City of Highland Park and the Park... The post Highland Park parade ‘full of heart, celebration’ appeared first on Chronicle Media.

'To Celebrate and to Memorialize': Highland Park Independence Day Parade marches on while remembering 2022 tragedy

Manny Price was standing near the corner of Second Street and Central Avenue in downtown Highland Park on July 4, 2022, when he heard the shots ring out — a man on nearby rooftop firing into the parade crowd.     Now three years to the day, Price, a U.S. Air Force veteran, once again participated […] The post ‘To Celebrate and to Memorialize’: Highland Park Independence Day Parade marches on while remembering 2022 tragedy appeared first on The R…

Highland Park moves forward in celebrating second July 4 parade since mass shooting in 2022 – Usa news

Moving forward as a community was the theme for many at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade on Friday. The parade returned for the second year since the mass shooting in 2022 that claimed the lives of seven and left 48 wounded. Brenda Quintanilla still remembers grabbing her baby and now-13-year-old daughter and scurrying away from the gunfire. She was near Central Avenue and McGovern Street with her mother and her three kids. “Usually, we’d…