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Museum in Carson City to host community birthday bash for Glenn Lucky

Event Date: 
September 27, 2017 - 10:00am

Former South Lake Tahoe resident Glenn Lucky turn 65 this month, and the Nevada State Museum in Carson City is planning a big birthday party in his honor on September 27 at 10:00 a.m. in the Dema Guinn Concourse of the museum at 600 N. Carson Street.

Lucky was born on Sept. 27, 1952 in Coronado, Calif. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was just one.

He and his family moved to the South Shore when Glenn was 3-year-old.

Glenn Lucky’s tricycle debuts at Nevada State Museum

On an 18-speed tricycle, one man crossed 12 states over three months to raise more than $10,000 on a mission from Nevada’s state capital to the nation’s capital in 1988.

Glenn Lucky wanted to raise awareness and funding for cerebral palsy research, a condition that has challenged him all his life, but never held him down. The vehicle he used to make his incredible journey debuts at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City, just in time to celebrate the Epic Ride bicycle event through Northern Nevada.

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