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TODAY

New Echota State Historic Site, 1211 Chatsworth Highway, Calhoun, and Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site, 813 Indian Mound Road, Cartersvil­le, will have free

admission Sunday as part of Georgia State Parks’ Super Museum Sunday. New Echota was the Cherokee capital from 18251838, when the Cherokee were uprooted during the Trail of Tears. The Etowah Indian Mounds were home to several thousand Native Americans more than 400 years ago. For more informatio­n and a complete list of participat­ing museums visit GaStatePar­ks.org/ SuperMuseu­mSunday.

The Cave Spring community will be a part of the

Georgia Historical Society’s Super Museum Sun

day from noon-4 p.m. The organizati­ons involved are the Cave Spring Downtown Developmen­t Authority, Fairview School and the Cave Spring Historical Society. Free tours will begin at the Cave Spring Welcome Center at 4 Rome Road, Cave Spring. Sites on the tour will be the Vann Cherokee Cabin, Fairview School, Hearn Academy and the Old Baptist Church. There also will be a one-time exhibit featuring Horace Mann Bond’s Rosenwald Photograph Collection.

The Rome chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will

hold Peer to Peer from 2-4 p.m. on Sundays starting

Sunday. During this free eight-week course for adults, participan­ts will learn more about their mental illness, its triggers and coping skills. For more informatio­n and registrati­on contact Bonnie Moore at 706-506-5010.

To list an event email RomeNewsTr­ibune@RN-T.com or call 706-290-5252.

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