List outlines way to celebrate Veterans Day, with thank-you freebies

▪ Veterans Day Service – by Little River Elks Lodge 2840 and various groups, including music by Leslie Clock, and Myrtle Beach Regional Pipe Band – 10:30 a.m. Nov. Friday at North Myrtle Beach Memorial Gardens, 65 E. S.C. 90, at U.S. 17, S.C. 9, and Nixon Crossroads. 843-249-2932.

▪ Myrtle Beach Veterans Day Ceremony, with Grand Strand Patriotic Alliance, 11 a.m. Friday on plaza of Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Oak Street at 21st Avenue North, with music at 10:30 a.m. by Festive Brass of Myrtle Beach (843-360-9446 or www.festivebrassofmyrtlebeach.org). Parking free. 843-236-2295.

▪ Veterans Day Service – by American Legion Post 186 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10804, both of Little River, and various groups – 11 a.m. Friday in Veterans Plaza at North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex, at S.C. 90 and Robert Edge Parkway, with S.C. Sen. Greg Hembree, guest speaker. 843-399-0253.

▪ Veterans Day Service – by Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 925 Grand Strand – 11 a.m. Friday outside Old Horry County Courthouse, 1201 Third Ave., Conway. 843-492-0005 or www.vva925.org.

▪ Veterans Day Ceremony, 1 p.m. Friday at veterans memorial – on one-year anniversary since its dedication – in Sunset Beach Town Park, on Sunset Boulevard, including keynote address by John W. Ingram, Brunswick County sheriff, and music by will be the speaker.music by Linda Ladrick, and sheriff’s department quartet. Email kjoseph@atmc.net.

▪ Surfside Beach Veterans Day Service, 2-3 p.m. Friday in town’s Passive Park, at veterans memorial, at Surfside and Willow drives, by front of Horry County Memorial Library Surfside Beach branch. 843-650-9548 or www.surfsidebeach.org.

▪ “Honor Flight: One Last Mission” movie, 2 p.m. Friday at Museum of Coastal Carolina, 21 E. Second St., Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Free with admission: $9.50 ages 13-61, $8.50 ages 62 and older, $7.50 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger. 910-579-1016 or www.museumplanetarium.org. Also, www.honorflightthemovie.com.

▪ Georgetown Veterans Day Parade, 4 p.m. Friday, from East Bay Park in Georgetown, west on Front Street into downtown, with Lane Cribb, Georgetown County sheriff, and Kelvin A. Waites Sr., Georgetown city police chief, as grand marshals. 843-833-3700, 843-543-2733, 843-546-3745 or 843-240-0249.

▪ 13th annual “Salute to American Veterans” – including premiere of historical documentary “Men of Honor –Freddie Stowers and Alvin York: Duty and Courage in the First World War” – 7:30 p.m. Friday at Coastal Carolina University’s Wheelwright Auditorium, off U.S. 501 in Conway. Free with ticket, from box office: 843-349-2787.

▪ Veterans Day Dinner, by Knights of Columbus Our Lady of LaSalette Assembly 3115 in Shallotte, N.C., for Military Order of the Purple Heart wounded warrior program, 6-7 p.m. Saturday at St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church 5101 Ocean Highway W., Shallotte, N.C. Meals – of salad, bread, roast pork and gravy, mashed potatoes, vegetables, and coffee and tea – $15 advance or $18 at door, with takeout available. 910-842-9430, or email rgromadski@atmc.net.

▪ Seventh annual Train Show & Sale, by Grand Strand Model Railroaders, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, in former Stein Mart at Inlet Square mall, at U.S. 17 and U.S 17 Business in Murrells Inlet, and promoting Veterans Day with some military trains on display. $5 ages 17 and older, otherwise free – and admission good for both days. Also, see working train displays – 4-7 p.m. Mondays, noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays – for free at club’s site in Myrtle Beach Mall, at U.S. 17 and S.C. 22, near Briarcliffe Acres, three doors from Bass Pro Shops. 843-293-4386 or www.gsmrrc.org.

▪ All-you-can-eat roast, noon Saturday at American Tavern, 702 S.C. 544, Conway, just south of U.S. 501, for $15. Also, with wreath sales by Blue Star Mothers of Coastal Carolina and Warriors Watch Riders for Wreaths Across America, for placement at noon Dec. 17 at Florence National Cemetery, for $15 each, and for every two wreaths ordered, a third is provided for free. 843-347-1024, bluestarmothersofcoastalcarolina.com, or e-mail bsmcc.slrussell@gmail.com.

▪ Veterans Day Celebration and post-traumatic stress disorder fundraiser, 12:30 p.m. Sunday at The Refuge, 290 Dunn Shortcut Road, Conway, including music by 82nd Airborne Band, and Rod Gragg among guest speakers. 843-349-7762.

▪ “Veterans’ Appreciation Reception,” by Friends of the Carolina Forest Library, 11 a.m. Nov. 16 at Hory County Memorial Library Carolina Forest branch, 2250 Carolina Forest Blvd., east of U.S. 501. Registration required at 843-915-5282, Ext. 1. www.hcml.org.

▪ 100th birthday celebration for Jerry Butler, Army veteran from World War II, 6 p.m. Nov. 17 at Burgess Community Center, 10299 S.C. 707. Email pastorwindley1950@icloud.com.

‘Thank you’ freebies

▪ At Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant: Free admission for veterans Friday-Saturday (site open 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. daily, with parking $5, and always with free admission for active duty military in uniform); and “Heroes Among Us: Survival & Sacrifice” symposium with and about Vietnam veterans – including retired Marine Corps 1st Lt. Clebe McClary from Pawleys Island – is 6-8 p.m. Nov. 17, free for all with a live telecast 7-8 p.m., from the USS Yorktown by WCIV-TV-4 of Charleston. 843-884-2727 or patriotspoint.org.

▪ Annual day with free admission for everyone, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (daily business hours) Friday (also on Martin Luther King Day), at N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher, on U.S. 421, just south of Kure Beach. (Regular admission: $10.95 ages 13-61, $9.95 seniors and military, $8.95 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger.) 910-772-0500 or www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher. Also: For hurricane flooding and others in need, bring nonperishable food, household and paper product donations for Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, including such items as canned fruits, vegetables, meats, beans soups; peanut butter, infant formula, diapers, wipes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, sponges, toilet paper, and paper towels, but no glass.

▪ Free rides Friday for veterans and active military, on Coast RTA, all fixed bus routes across Horry and Georgetown counties. 843-488-0865 or www.ridecoastrta.com.

▪ Sixth annual, free, dine-in lunch, for veterans and active duty personnel with ID – choice of 10 entrees (www.texasroadhouse.com/landing-pages/veterans-day) and beverage (Coca-Cola-brand soft drink, sweet/iced tea or coffee), 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday at Texas Roadhouse, 3037 U.S. 17 Business S., Garden City Beach. 843-357-3245.

▪ Free dinner entree, 4 p.m.-closing Friday, for veterans and active duty personnel with ID, for dine-in or takeout – with choice of entree, two vegetables, bread and beverage – at K&W Cafeterias: 7900 N. Kings Highway (843-449-1442) and 2001 S. Kings Highway (843-448-1669), Myrtle Beach; 1255 Tadlock Drive, Murrells Inlet, south of Inlet Square (843-357-1799); and 1621 U.S. 17 N., North Myrtle Beach, south of Intracoastal Waterway Bridge (843-280-8444). www.kwcafeterias.com.

▪ Annual “Military Appreciation Night,” 5-9 p.m. Nov. 14, with free “Thank you” dine-in meal for veterans and active duty personnel, at Golden Corral, 868 Oak Forest Lane, Myrtle Beach, at Seaboard Street (843-626-2300); 10600 Kings Road, near U.S. 17 and S.C. 22, near Briarcliffe Acres and Tanger Outlets (843-449-0300); and 4690 East Coast Lane, Shallotte, N.C, (910-754-8100). www.goldencorral.com/military/.

This story was originally published November 10, 2016 at 1:00 PM with the headline "List outlines way to celebrate Veterans Day, with thank-you freebies."