{"id":7460,"date":"2011-11-11T13:02:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T17:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/?p=7460"},"modified":"2011-11-11T13:02:55","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T17:02:55","slug":"how-to-invest-your-time-this-veterans-day","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/how-to-invest-your-time-this-veterans-day\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Invest your Time this Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.befrugal.com:444\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/5164863633_c12c8f6b7a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7461\" title=\"5164863633_c12c8f6b7a\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.befrugal.com:444\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/5164863633_c12c8f6b7a-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here we believe that a dollar saved is two dollars earned. With that in mind, how we spend our time is an investment. An important day like Veterans Day is certainly no exception.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some ways you can give thanks in honor of those who have served our country:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/realwarriors.net\/ecard\" target=\"_blank\">Show your appreciation to a veteran you know by sending a free e-card<\/a><\/strong> containing a personalized message through the Real Warriors Campaign, an initiative launched by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE).\n<ul>\n<li>They also offer <a href=\"http:\/\/realwarriors.net\/veterans\/treatment\/veteransday.php\" target=\"_blank\">other suggestions to demonstrate your thanks<\/a>, including serving veterans in your community and serving military families, who are often unsung heroes.<\/li>\n<li>The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO), a private nonprofit organization providing support in the form of morale and recreational services to members of the US military, offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uso.org\/VeteransDay\/\" target=\"_blank\">ways to help make a difference<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/coupons-and-deals\/veterans-day-2011-discounts-and-freebies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrate veterans contributions by spending time with them<\/a><\/strong>. Check out this roundup of free and discounted dining and entertainment options.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use this holiday as an educational experience<\/strong> by bringing a friend or loved one to a historically significant location in our nation such as:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/findapark\/feefreeparks.htm\" target=\"_blank\">National Parks around the US<\/a>, which have free entrance days November 11-13 for Veterans Day Weekend<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colonialwilliamsburg.com\/visit\/planYourVisit\/ticketPlans\/current-offers.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia<\/a>, which is offering free admission November 11-13 to active-duty military, reservists, retirees, veterans, and their immediate dependents<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitindependence.com\/CalendarOfEvents.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Truman Library and Museum in Missouri<\/a>, offering free admission for all US service members and veterans for Veterans Day<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ussmissouri.org\/node\/100\" target=\"_blank\">Battleship Missouri in Hawaii<\/a>, which will host a free Veterans Day Sunset Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/veterans-day-events-to-be-held-across-dc-region\/2011\/11\/09\/gIQA18fI6M_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_postlocal\" target=\"_blank\">Several special events taking place in Washington, D.C.,<\/a> summarized by the Washington Post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Image thanks\u00a0to\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xalamay\/\" target=\"_blank\">xalamay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How will you be celebrating our veterans this holiday? Let us know by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/how-to-invest-your-time-this-veterans-day\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"excerptimage alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Here we believe that a dollar saved is two dollars earned. With that in mind, how we spend our time is an investment. An important day like Veterans Day is ... <a title=\"How to Invest your Time this Veterans Day\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/how-to-invest-your-time-this-veterans-day\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Invest your Time this Veterans Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3381,1733],"class_list":["post-7460","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-frugal-articles","tag-freebies","tag-veterans-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}