Historic Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Museums

11/18/2024

Active-duty military, veterans, family and friends of veterans... Mark your calendars for Monday, November 25. The Myrtle Beach Vet Center hosts the Vet Center Veteran Expo from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the General Robert H. Reed Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane.

Registration is not required. Veteran resources and vendors at the expo include SC Works Employment, VA Legal Justice Program, American Red Cross, DAV Chapter 30, VAMC flu shots, peer specialists, Senior Living Center representatives, VAMC su***de prevention and many more. For more information and questions, call 843-232-2441.

10/18/2024

Everyone’s invited to Myrtle Beach’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 11. Weather permitting, the annual ceremony will be in front of the World War II Memorial at Warbird Park, 150 Farrow Parkway. It will include a performance by Festive Brass. The guest speaker is Adrian Sawczuk, an eight-year Army veteran and owner of Tidal Creek Brewhouse. Free parking is available to attendees. (Note: If the weather looks unfavorable, the ceremony will be moved to the General Robert H. Reed Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane.)

09/25/2024

Active-duty military, veterans, family and friends of veterans... Mark your calendars for Monday, November 25. The Myrtle Beach Vet Center is hosting the Vet Center Veteran Expo from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the General Robert H. Reed Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane. No registration is required. Veteran resources and vendors at the expo include, but are not limited to, SC Works Employment, VA Legal Justice Program, American Red Cross, DAV Chapter 30, VAMC flu shots, peer specialists, Senior Living Center representatives, VAMC su***de prevention and many more. For more information and questions, call 843-232-2441.

08/29/2024

Plan to attend the September 11 Remembrance Ceremony at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 11. This will be the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives. The ceremony will take place at the Unity Memorial at Warbird Park, 150 Farrow Parkway.

Parking is available at Splinter City Disc Golf Course, 3383 Splinter City Road. The parking lot at Warbird Park will be designated for handicapped only during the event.

09/20/2021

09/16/2021

Friday, September 17 is National POW (Prisoners of War)/MIA (Missing in Action) Recognition Day, when Americans pause and reflect on the sacrifices made by the military men and women who are imprisoned or unaccounted for as a result of their military service.

Rolling Thunder SC Chapter 3 hosts a memorial event 5:30 p.m., Friday, September 17, at Warbird Park to remember the thousands of men and women who remain missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Gulf War and other conflicts. As part of the service, the Korean War Memorial will be rededicated.

08/26/2021

The 9-11 Memorial has been relocated from 29th Avenue North to a new home at Warbird Park off Farrow Parkway. The memorial features a steel beam from one of the World Trade Center towers, donated to the Myrtle Beach community by retired New York City firefighters. The memorial is in place in time for the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

Join Myrtle Beach and the greater community for a special September 11th Remembrance Ceremony at the new location of the Unity Memorial, set for 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 11, at Warbird Park, 150 Farrow Parkway. Thanks to DDC Engineering and Stalvey Construction for their hard work and expertise relocating the memorial.

07/23/2021

Mark Your Calendar...

Myrtle Beach Vet Center hosts a special Veteran Expo from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 12, at the General Robert H. Reed Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane. The event features valuable resources for veterans and active duty military to include the following: VA Regional Disability Claim Representative, Vocational Rehab Counselor, VAMC Flu Shots, Lending to Heroes Home Loans, Eastern Carolina Housing Organization (ECHO), and more. For more information, 843-232-2441.

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Myrtle Beach Vet Center

07/07/2021

Bring your whole family to celebrate our nation’s military. The Myrtle Beach Pelicans hosts Military Appreciation Night at Ticketreturn.com, at 6:05 p.m., Saturday,, July 17, at Ticketreturn.com Field, 1251 21st Avenue North. The Pelicans and Embrace Hospice will distribute 1,000 baseball card sets featuring military heroes and their stories. To get your game ticket, go to https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/BuyClear.asp?EventID=317434&continue=buynew.asp&fbclid=IwAR1doRpB2i731kOUFshNy4tifcTA7HkmDAPQVRHcPGhz3gX7964Dcl5-SBg #.YOWb0T8pCUk. Shout out to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans page for the awesome photo!

07/02/2021

Work is underway at Warbird Park in Myrtle Beach to make room for the September 11 Memorial, featuring a steel beam from the World Trade Center. The Unity Memorial on 29th Avenue North has been removed, awaiting transplant to the new site at Warbird Park on Farrow Parkway later this summer. The steel beam was donated by New York firefighters in appreciation for the hospitality that the Myrtle Beach area provided following the terrorist attacks of September 2001. Plans call for the new memorial location to be ready for the 20th anniversary ceremony later this year.

06/10/2021

05/28/2021

Submit your military veteran for this year's Myrtle Beach Pelicans' card set...
Embrace Hospice and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans are honoring Veterans once again in 2021. In all, 25 veterans will be honored with their own personal baseball card sharing their military history. The card sets will be handed out to the first 1,000 fans entering the gates at Ticketreturn.com Field on Military Appreciation Day, July 17. To nominate a veteran, please fill out the form and return to the Pelicans no later than June 21, 2021. Applications must be completed in full and the nominee or their famliy must be able to provide an original, scanned, or copied version of an active duty photo upon nomination. Visit https://app.wyng.com/5c65e40b9e344a1aecc9b4b5 to complete the form and provide a photo.

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Myrtle Beach Military Appreciation Days