{"id":1153,"date":"2017-11-08T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","slug":"philadelphia-inquirer-in-time-for-veterans-day-veterans-can-get-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/08\/philadelphia-inquirer-in-time-for-veterans-day-veterans-can-get-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/business\/just-in-time-for-veterans-day-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life-aafes-amazon-px-bx-shopmyexchange-com-national-guard-army-air-force-20171108.html\">Philadelphia Inquirer: In time for Veterans Day: Veterans can get tax-free online shopping for life<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1154\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/08\/philadelphia-inquirer-in-time-for-veterans-day-veterans-can-get-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life\/dixon-240585-f-wp-content-uploads-2017-11-884801_8ed67bcca89fa7c-1-1200x800\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/dixon-240585-f-wp-content-uploads-2017-11-884801_8ed67bcca89fa7c-1-1200x800.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dixon-240585-f-wp-content-uploads-2017-11-884801_8ed67bcca89fa7c-1-1200&amp;#215;800\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/dixon-240585-f-wp-content-uploads-2017-11-884801_8ed67bcca89fa7c-1-1200x800.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/dixon-240585-f-wp-content-uploads-2017-11-884801_8ed67bcca89fa7c-1-1200x800.jpg?w=1200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1154 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/dixon-240585-f-wp-content-uploads-2017-11-884801_8ed67bcca89fa7c-1-1200x800-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Louis Zayon served in the Navy, stationed in Norfolk, Va., from 1972 to 1976, before he was honorably discharged.<\/p>\n<p>This Veterans Day, on Saturday, will offer him and about 18.5 million veterans worldwide and their families a little something special: tax-free online shopping for life with AAFES, an acronym for Army and Air Force Exchange Service \u2013 the primary shopping center at U.S. military installations. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/business\/just-in-time-for-veterans-day-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life-aafes-amazon-px-bx-shopmyexchange-com-national-guard-army-air-force-20171108.html\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louis Zayon served in the Navy, stationed in Norfolk, Va., from 1972 to 1976, before he was honorably discharged. This Veterans Day, on Saturday, will offer him and about 18.5 million veterans worldwide and their families a little something special: tax-free online shopping for life with AAFES, an acronym for Army and Air Force Exchange [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exchange_in_the_news"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/08\/philadelphia-inquirer-in-time-for-veterans-day-veterans-can-get-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Philadelphia Inquirer: In time for Veterans Day: Veterans can get tax-free online shopping for life","url":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/08\/philadelphia-inquirer-in-time-for-veterans-day-veterans-can-get-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/08\/philadelphia-inquirer-in-time-for-veterans-day-veterans-can-get-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Exchange in the News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Marisa Conner"}],"creator":["Marisa Conner"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Exchange Newsroom","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2017-11-08T14:50:27Z","datePublished":"2017-11-08T14:50:27Z","dateModified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Philadelphia Inquirer: In time for Veterans Day: Veterans can get tax-free online shopping for life\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/08\\\/philadelphia-inquirer-in-time-for-veterans-day-veterans-can-get-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/08\\\/philadelphia-inquirer-in-time-for-veterans-day-veterans-can-get-tax-free-online-shopping-for-life\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Exchange in the News\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Marisa Conner\"}],\"creator\":[\"Marisa Conner\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Exchange Newsroom\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2017-11-08T14:50:27Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-08T14:50:27Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-01T16:56:09Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1150,"url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/07\/derby-informer-aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\/","url_meta":{"origin":1153,"position":0},"title":"Derby Informer: AAFES opens tax-free online shopping to all veterans","author":"Marisa Conner","date":"November 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Beginning on Veterans Day, all honorably-discharged military veterans, regardless of whether they have retired from the armed forces or not, will be able to purchase items from Army Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES) online. 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