Relic Room open on Veterans Day, and military gets in free
November 10, 2026
Veterans Day is about honoring those who have served our country in uniform in the past – and the present.
Although Veterans Day is a state holiday, the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will be open as usual on Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 10 AM to 5 PM.
More to the point, admission will be free to those who have served in the military – and to those who do so today.
Veterans Day was until 1954 called Armistice Day, to commemorate the end of hostilities with Germany on Nov. 11, 1918. It is the counterpart of celebrations in other nations, such as Remembrance Day in Britain.
The broader name emphasizes that this is about honoring veterans of all military conflicts, not just the War to End All Wars. In that way, the holiday is like the Relic Room itself. It honors South Carolinians who have served in every conflict since the Revolution – and those who serve today.
About the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum
Founded in 1896, the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum is an accredited museum focusing on South Carolina’s distinguished martial tradition through the Revolutionary War, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, the War on Terror, and other American conflicts. It serves as the state’s military history museum by collecting, preserving, and exhibiting South Carolina’s military heritage from the colonial era to the present, and by providing superior educational experiences and programming. It recently opened a major new exhibit, “A War With No Front Lines: South Carolina and the Vietnam War, 1965-1973.” The museum is located at 301 Gervais St. in Columbia, sharing the Columbia Mills building with the State Museum. For more information, go to https://crr.sc.gov/.
