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Ed and Adele Kaufman spent years watching the Highland Park Fourth of July parade from the downtown sidewalks. But Tuesday, they and about 5,000 of their neighbors walked the mile from city hall to Sunset Woods Park to reclaim the city and parade route as theirs.
During her remarks at a candlelight vigil to help Highland Park heal from the massacre perpetrated by a gunman killing seven and wounding dozens more during the Fourth of July Parade, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering spoke of healing.
On the morning of the 4th of July, Rev. Esther Lee at Christ United Methodist Church (UMC) in Deerfield, Ill., was busy getting ready to welcome the community back to parade festivities after a two-year break due to the pandemic.