Participants in the Prater’s Mill County Fair wander around the old buildings on the site.
Staff File Photo by Shane McMillanIF YOU VOLUNTEER• What: Park Day• When: March 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.• Where: Historic Prater’s Mill, 5845 Georgia Highway 2 in Dalton, meet on the porch of the mill.
On March 31 more than a hundred historic sites in 25 states will participate in the Civil War Trust’s 16th annual Park Day — a nationwide hands-on effort to restore America’s battlefields, cemeteries and shrines.
Historic Prater’s Mill on Georgia Highway 2 is looking for a little sprucing up that day. Volunteers are needed to paint and repair buildings, as well as clear privet hedge from the nature trail, a news release said.
Those interested should in participating should call 706-694-6455 or email info@pratersmill.org. The cleanup will take place rain or shine.
According to the Civil War Trust’s website, volunteers will meet at the front porch of the mill at 10 a.m. Saturday morning. Volunteers will clean up the old mill, country store, cotton gin and nature trail.