Array of events celebrate Veterans Day
With Veterans Day falling this year on a Wednesday, Nov. 11, anyone who has served, or is active in, any branch of the U.S. military has many ways to enjoy a special thank you, whether through a special program or ceremony.
The events cover an array of activities and outlets for everyone to turn out to show respect to former and current service personnel. They include, on the holiday, the 12th annual “Salute to American Veterans,” at Coastal Carolina University’s Wheelwright Auditorium in Conway, with the premiere of the “Patriot Dream: The Story of the Pilgrims” documentary; Brandi Alamasi, a Marine Corps corporal who served in Iraq, as a guest speaker at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10420 in Murrells Inlet, discussing “Women in the Military”; and the city of Georgetown’s Veterans Day Parade, with plans for a flight of a Hughes OH-6 Loach helicopter above Front Street as a remembrance for everyone who served in the Vietnam War, a chapter in U.S. history that spanned four presidencies: Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford.
The Wachesaw Plantation East community in Murrells Inlet will lead in to Veterans Day week at 2 p.m. Sunday with its first-ever flag dedication, honored with raising the Stars and Stripes that flew over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Flag Day, June 14.
Also, various businesses will have freebies for honored personnel on Veterans Day: Coast RTA rides, Great Clips haircuts, and meals at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar., Golden Corral, K&W Cafeterias, and the one Texas Roadhouse in our area, in Garden City Beach.
Contact STEVE PALISIN at 843-444-1764.
If you go
‘Thank you’ freebies for veterans and active military
WHEN AND WHERE: Nov. 11, and be ready to show proof of service or military ID –
▪ Free haircut cards, from all Great Clips salons: On Nov. 11, veterans receive free haircuts, and they may pick up a card for more free haircuts through Dec. 31, with proof of military service. Also, any customer buying a haircut on Nov. 11 receives a free haircut card to give to a military member or veteran: In Gateway Plaza, 2790-K Church St. (U.S. 501), Conway, near Office Depot (843-369-1333); (Carolina) Forest Square, 2108 Oakheart Drive, near Ollie’s (843-903-1772); Plantation Pointe, 1221 38th Ave. N., Suite 111, Myrtle Beach (843-626-2228); Surfside Commons, 2707 Beaver Run Blvd., west of Surfside Beach, off S.C. 544, just east of U.S. 17 Bypass, near Warmart (843-650-8711); and Gator Hole, 558 U.S. 17 N., North Myrtle Beach, near Walmart (843-663-0855). www.greatclips.com.
▪ “Thank You Movement” dine-in meals all day Nov. 11 – beverages not included – from select menu (www.applebees.com/VeteransDayMenu) at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, including 7915 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach (843-497-5818); 1571 U.S. 17 N., North Myrtle Beach (843-280-3550); 1647 Church St. (U.S. 501), Conway (843-248-0078); and 3256 U.S. 17 Business S., Murrells Inlet (843-357-1938).
▪ Free dine-in lunch – 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. Nov. 11 at Texas Roadhouse, 3037 U.S. 17 Business S., Garden City Beach. 843-357-3245.
▪ Free meal with nonalcoholic beverage, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Nov. 11, while supplies last, at Bar-B-Que Houses: 1561 U.S. 17 Business N., North Myrtle Beach (843-249-6901); and 1205 U.S. 17 N., Surfside Beach (843-477-1801). bestbbqonthebeach.com.
▪ Free dinner entree, for dine-in or takeout, 4 p.m.-closing Nov. 11 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.
▪ 15th annual “Military Appreciation Night,” 5-9 p.m. Nov. 11, 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/default.asp.
▪ Free rides Nov. 11, on Coast RTA, all routes across Horry and Georgetown counties. 843-488-0865 or www.ridecoastrta.com.
HORRY COUNTY
Second annual ‘Celebrate a Veteran’ Pig Roast
BY: Pig Roast Warriors’ Watch Riders
BENEFITING: Wreaths Across America (207-470-0967, 877-385-9504 or www.wreathsacrossamerica.org) and Savannah’s Playground, a special site under construction at Myrtle Beach’s Grand Park, across from The Market Common, that is American with Disabilities Act approved (843-231-7914 or savannahsplayground.org).
WHEN: 1 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: American Tavern (previously Wrecking Ball Tavern), 702 S.C. 544, Conway, across from Coastal Carolina University.
HOW MUCH: $9 per plate, and includes pulled pork, sausage, ham, meatballs, hamburgers, hot dogs, music, and raffles.
INFORMATION: 843-450-6692, or email dekallo77@hotmail.com
Veterans Celebration
WHEN: 4 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Aynor United Methodist Church, 1007 Elm St. Aynor
ALSO: Veterans invited to march in to service, or or go directly to sanctuary.
INFORMATION: 843-358-6537
Veterans Day Service
WITH: Little River Elks Lodge 2840, North Myrtle Beach High School Reserve Navy Junior Officers’ Training Corps, North Myrtle Beach Christian School Marine JROTC, Knight of Columbus of St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church, and Grand Strand Blue Star Mothers.
WHEN: 11 a.m. Nov. 11
WHERE: North Myrtle Beach Memorial Gardens, at U.S. 17, S.C. 9, S.C. 90 and Nixon Crossroads
WITH: Music by the Myrtle Beach Regional Pipe Band, at 10:30 a.m., and singers Leslie Clock and Jason Cox
INFORMATION: 843-249-2932
Veterans Day Ceremony
WITH: Grand Strand Patriotic Alliance
WHEN: 11 a.m. Nov. 11
WHERE: On plaza of Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Oak Street at 21st Avenue North
ALSO:
▪ With music at 10:30 a.m. by Festive Brass of Myrtle Beach (843-361-1942 or www.festivebrassofmyrtlebeach.org), and 21-gun salute.
▪ Parking is free.
INFORMATION: 843-236-2295
Veterans Day Program
WITH: School band and chorus, and reception afterward in veterans’ honor.
WHEN: 2:15 p.m. Nov. 11
WHERE: Aynor Middle School, 4500 Frye Road, Gallivants Ferry
INFORMATION: 843-358-6000
Surfside Beach Veterans Day Memorial Service
WHEN: 2-3 p.m. Nov. 11
WHERE: Surfside Beach’s Passive Park, at veterans memorial, at Surfside and Willow drives, by front of Horry County Memorial Library Surfside Beach Branch
INFORMATION: 843-650-9548 or www.surfsidebeach.org
12th annual ‘Salute to American Veterans’
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11
WHERE: Coastal Carolina University’s Wheelwright Auditorium, off U.S. 501 in Conway
INCLUDES: Patriotic music, a color guard, recognition of veterans from all service branches, and premiere of historical documentary “Patriot Dream: The Story of the Pilgrims.”
HOW MUCH: Free with ticket from box office, open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays
INFORMATION: 843-349-2787 or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts
‘Veterans Day Celebration’
WITH:
▪ U.S. Rep. Tom Rice as guest speaker
▪ Wyndell Allen of Horry County Veterans Affairs office to answer questions on veterans’ benefits (843-915-5480 or www.horrycounty.org/Departments/VeteransAffairs.aspx)
WHEN: 10 a.m. Nov. 15
WHERE: Grand Strand Senior Center, 1268 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach
INFORMATION: Reservations requested at 843-626-3991, or email lpchccoa@gmail.com
‘Veterans Awareness Series’
WITH: Bernard McLeroy, peer support specialist from Myrtle Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Clinic
FOR: Veterans and their family members and friends
WHEN: 1-3 p..m. Dec. 7
WHERE: Myrtle Beach’s Chapin Memorial Library, 400 14th Ave. N.
ALSO:
▪ Covering such topics as counseling, re-entry, housing, mental health, education, compensation and employment.
▪ Veterans also can sign up for a library card and receive a free one-year Friends of Chapin Memorial Library membership.
HOW MUCH: Free, but reservations requested
INFORMATION: 843-918-1295, or email felton@chapinlibrary.org
GEORGETOWN COUNTY
Flag dedication ceremony
WHAT: In honor of Veterans Day, with U.S. flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Flag Day, June 14, at request of U.S Rep. Tom Rice
WITH: Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps seniors from North Myrtle Beach High School’s color guard, and Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association (www.cvma34-3.com).
WHEN: 2 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Wachesaw Plantation East community in Murrells Inlet – From U.S. 17 Bypass, take Riverwood Avenue at Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital, head one block west, and follow parking signs.
INFORMATION: 843-222-9647
Veterans Day Ceremony
BY: Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10420, U.S. 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet
WHEN AND WHAT: Nov. 11 –
▪ 9 a.m. – Service including placement of flags on graves, at Belin Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery, 4182 U.S. 17 Business, Murrells Inlet
▪ Noon – Ceremony at VFW post, with Brandi Alamasi, a Marine Corps corporal who served in Iraq, as guest speaker on “Women in the Military,” with music from Pawleys Island Concert Band (843-274-5991 or www.pawleysislandconcertband.org), and food and refreshments after service.
ALSO: Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association “Poker Run” benefit for VFW Post, 10 a.m. Nov. 14 (rescheduled from a rainout), for $15 rider and $5 passenger (www.cvma34-3.com).
INFORMATION: 843-651-6900
‘History for Lunch: The H.L. Hunley’
WITH: Ralph Wilbanks, underwater archaeologist, who was part of teams that raised the Brown’s Ferry Vessel from the Black River in 1976 and discovered and raised the Hunley from off the coast of Sullivans Island in 1995.
WHEN: Noon-1 p.m. Nov. 11
WHERE: S.C. Maritime Museum, 729 Front St., Georgetown, across from Broad Street
HOW MUCH: $20, including buffet by Alfresco Bistro, or
ALSO: With 10 percent discount, tickets $18 for members of museum or Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
MUSEUM OPEN: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; free admission.
INFORMATION: 843-520-0111 or scmaritimemuseum.org
‘Veterans Day Tour’
WITH: Lee Brockington, historian, covering World War II involvement across the acreage
WHEN: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Nov. 11
WHERE: Hobcaw Barony, on U.S. 17, just north of Georgetown
HOW MUCH: $30, with reservations required.
INFORMATION: 843-546-4623 or www.hobcawbarony.org
Veterans Day Parade
WHEN: 4 p.m. Nov. 11
WHERE: West on Front Street into downtown Georgetown from East Bay Park in Georgetown
ALSO:
▪ Meet and greet with Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. James Livingston, 3 p.m., before parade.
▪ Vietnam War-era veterans encouraged to march in parade.
▪ Parade will include a Hughes OH-6 Loach helicopter, flown by Ashley Haddock with Rotor Blade, flying above Front Street to simulate choppers’ role in Vietnam.
▪ Beginning Monday, see weeklong display of 120 U.S.-flag display in Francis Marion Park, at Front and Broad streets in Georgetown, with 120 American flags, each representing 500 deaths of service personnel killed in Vietnam War.
INFORMATION: 843-546-3745
‘War Zone: World War II Off the N.C. Coast’
WHAT: Documentary and lecture about proximite German U-boats
WITH: Kevin P. Duffus, historian
WHEN: 6:30-8 p.m. Nov. 13
WHERE: Georgetown County Library Waccamaw Neck Branch, 41 St. Paul Place, Litchfield Beach, off Willbrook Boulevard.
HOW MUCH: Free, but reservations requested by email at sbremner@gtcounty.org
INFORMATION: 843-545-3623 or georgetowncountylibrary.sc.gov
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
‘Warrior Ride: Non-Traditional Veterans Day’
WHAT/WHO: Program by Bob Racine, founder of The Warrior Ride, a nonprofit organization helping in rehabilitation of wounded war heroes through adaptive bicycling and morale events nationwide.
WITH: Daughters of the American Revolution Brunswick Town Chapter meeting
WHEN: 10 a.m. Nov. 11
WHERE: Trinity United Methodist Church, 209 E. Nash St., Southport, N.C.
INFORMATION: 910-253-8853, 910-540-0301 or darbrunswicktownchapter.blogspot.com
This story was originally published November 5, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Array of events celebrate Veterans Day."