Here’s some events taking place on Memorial Day in the Myrtle Beach area.
From Friday morning, May 25, 2012, through Monday, May 28, 2012, there will be a Parade of American Flags along 3.5 miles of U.S. 17 Business through Murrells Inlet. On display will be at least 76 U.S. flags to commemorate Memorial Day.
The following Memorial Day Services will take place on Monday, May 28, 2012 –
11 a.m. at the North Myrtle Beach Memorial Gardens, at U.S. 17, SC9, SC90 and Nixon Crossroads. Entertainment beginning at 10:30 a.m. by The Rev. Ed Daniels, the Myrtle Beach Regional Pipe Band and the North Myrtle Beach High School Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Sponsored by North Myrtle Beach Memorial Gardens, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10804, American Legion Post 186, the Ladies Auxiliary in North Myrtle Beach, the Knights of Columbus from Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, and the Grand Strand Blue Star Mothers Chapter 7. For more information call 249-2932.
?11 a.m. American Legion Post 178, 3950 U.S. 17 Business, Murrells Inlet, south of Wilcox Avenue. Call 365-4513 for more info.
11 a.m. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7288, 900 Carter Drive, Calabash N.C. with Sgt. Maj. Chuck Jarrell of the Army Special Operations Command, speaker. Call 910-579-3577 or 910-352-1001 for more info.
2:30 p.m. There will be a memorial service at the Town of Surfside Beach’s Veterans Memorial, at Surfside and Willow Drives, east of Horry County Memorial Library Surfside Beach branch parking lot. Call 650-9548 for info.
