Train rides in Conyers
North Georgia Live Steamers offers miniature train rides 1-4:30 p.m. today, Aug. 27 and Oct. 15. $2. Georgia International Horse Park, 1632 Centennial Olympic Parkway, Conyers across from the Hawthorne Suites Hotel. Riders must be at least 18 months old. This nonprofit organization is dedicated to the promotion of railroad education and history. Anyone who rides the railroad will have to sign a release to satisfy insurance requirements. NorthGeorgiaLiveSteamers.org.
Prostate cancer run/walk in Sandy Springs
ZERO Prostate Cancer 5K Run/Walk, 1 Mile Walk and Kids Superhero Dash for Dad. 7 a.m. registration, 8 a.m. today. $15 to $40. Home Depot/Costco parking lot, 6400 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Sandy Springs. Funds raised will provide support locally to the Men’s Health and Wellness Center. 4Dad.org.
Blake Gammill run/walk in Douglasville
Blake Gammill 10.5K, 5K and 1-mile Run/Walk. 7:30 a.m. today. $20 to $25. Boundary Waters Park, 5000 Ga. 92/166, Douglasville. The race is in honor and memory of Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Blake Gammill, who was killed in the line of duty. All proceeds benefit the SERT Team. Lt. Billy Lashley at 678-873-6720 or blashley@sheriff.douglas.ga.us. active.com.
Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Day in Atlanta
Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail Discovery Day with the former First Lady. 9 a.m. today. Free. The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway NE, Atlanta. Family activities about butterflies and bees, plants and pollinators. JimmyCarterLibrary.gov.
Cobb NAACP Juneteenth in Marietta
Cobb NAACP Juneteenth Celebration. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. today with a children’s play area, food, live entertainment, music, voter registration, health screenings. 3-7 p.m. Sunday with Gospel Festival. Free. Glover Park, Marietta Square. 770-425-5757, CobbNAACP.org.
Juneteenth celebration in Atlanta
Juneteenth. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today, noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Free. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road. The celebration focuses on the appreciation and commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S. through activities, demonstrations and museum theater performances. AtlantaHistoryCenter.com/visit/event/1044.
Lantern Parade in Sandy Springs
Sandy Springs “Take It to the River” Lantern Parade. 9 p.m.-midnight today. Free. Begin at North Springs United Methodist Church, 7770 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs and end at Morgan Falls Overlook Park, 200 Morgan Falls Road, Sandy Springs. Park at the church by 8:30 p.m. due to rolling road closure. At about 9:30 p.m., High Country Outfitter paddlers will escort Alice, the 25-foot albino alligator lantern, and the illuminated turtles and lilies to the river for a floating parade with performers and live music.
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