Upcoming

■ Atlanta Veterans Day Parade. 11:11 a.m. Saturday. Downtown Atlanta. The reviewing stand will be on Baker Street between The World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium as the parade begins on Peachtree Street south of Ralph McGill/Ivan Allen Blvd. GeorgiaVeteransDay.org/ parade-info

■ Veterans Festival. Noon-2:30 p.m. Saturday. Pemberton Place, 126 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. NW, Atlanta, just north of Centennial Olympic Park. The 116th Army Band from Marietta will perform. Georgia VeteransDay.org/festival-info

■ Freedom Ball: “The Battle Between the Wars” by Georgia Veterans Day Association Inc. 6-10 p.m. Saturday. $75/person. Oceans Ballroom, Georgia Aquarium, 225 Baker St. NW, Atlanta. The keynote speaker will be U.S. Army Col. Danny McKnight, retired commander of the 3rd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment during the operation in Somalia depicted in the 2001 film “Black Hawk Down.” Attire is black tie/formal. Seated dinner, silent auction, dancing to Still Swinging Band. Georgia VeteransDay.org. Tickets: Freedom Ball@GeorgiaVeteransDay.org