By Rick Nathanson / Journal Staff Writer   Fireworks light up the sky at the Freedom 4th Independence Day Celebration at Balloon Fiesta Park, photographed in 2019, the last year before the pandemic hiatus. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal Thanks to generous amounts of recent rainfall, the grass is lush and green at Balloon Fiesta Park, just in time for the return of the city's Freedom 4th Independence Day Celebration next week after a two-year pandemic absence. During a Monday news conference at the park, city officials said the gates will open for the free celebration at...