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Foursquare, History Partner For 'America'

Click Z, Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:37 PM

The History Channel's campaign for the upcoming nonfiction miniseries, "America The Story of Us," is providing Foursquare users with historical blurbs about the locations where they "check-in" around the country. According to a History Channel spokesperson, people who check-in at one of 1,000 landmarks in 19 cities will be served a historical tip about where they are.

App users visiting the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater in Chicago will discover that infamous bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death there by federal agents when leaving a movie in 1934. Or, users who check-in to St. Paul's Chapel in New York discover that George Washington worshiped there on his Inauguration Day in 1789. In short, it's a fun app for history lovers.

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