 ESPN airing the Nathan's hot dog eating contest this year's winner, Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago, Mickey Sudo won her 10th mustard belt on the women's side. Meantime, a more somber celebration in Highland Park, Illinois, which held its first 4th 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 4th of July again? And I said, absolutely.