Highland Park to hold community walk in lieu of July 4 parade

Nancy Rotering, mayor of Highland Park, right, gives a speech on the events of the Fourth of July shooting in July 2022. This year, the city plans a more subdued celebration, with no parade or fireworks. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Highland Park will hold a community walk instead of a Fourth of July parade on the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting that killed seven people and wounded dozens of others.

The walk will be held along the parade route and is one of several events that day, themed “We are Highland Park,” the city announced Wednesday.