AmTech Career Academy hosts a free breakfast from 8:30 to 10 a.m. At Café 21, 3601 Plains Blvd. Culinary arts students will serve biscuits, gravy and coffee to veterans and active-duty military members. AmTech asks guests to bring identification and use south entrance No. 1.
At 11 a.m., the Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center holds its 27th annual Veterans Day ceremony at 4111 S. Georgia St. It features the presentation of colors, patriotic tributes and a flyover, and the public can attend.
West Texas A&M University and the city of Canyon hold their own 11 a.m. Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial on the southeast lawn of Old Main. The program includes guest speakers, a wreath-laying, a flyover and the playing of Taps. A complimentary lunch follows, and the ceremony should wrap up around 12:30 p.m.
Amarillo City Transit gives veterans free rides Wednesday on all fixed-route buses and ACT-Connect paratransit. Riders must show proof of military service, and buses keep their regular schedules. For veterans, the day can cost nothing, since the breakfast, the bus rides and the Canyon lunch are all free.