Honoring those who have served

Nov 11th

It’s always interesting for us to see the different ways people use foursquare to stay in touch. A number of months ago, we heard of one such use: families in the U.S. using foursquare so their deployed loved ones could keep track of what was going on in their lives. For a deployed father, it’s great to visit foursquare.com and see his wife checked in at a son’s soccer game. Or to get some sense of the pulse of his family’s schedule.

Today is Veterans Day, so we’ve created a Service badge in honor of all those who serve. You can unlock the badge by checking in at a Veterans Day celebration, or, even after the weekend, if you’re part of a service family and check in three times at your home base.

We wanted to do a small thing to recognize those who have served. Happy Veterans Day!

P.S. Check out IAVA.org to find out how they can support our nation’s newest generation of heroes.

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45 Comments

  • http://twitter.com/TheFFlyerFather Chicka Elloy

    Badge this: Operation Miles  - http://wp.me/P1UtPa-1l 

  • Sara

    Beautiful idea!

  • jesuswept

    good forward thinking.

  • http://twitter.com/LauriRottmayer Lauri Rottmayer

    I want this badge. I’m a veteran of the USMC and probably will not be going to any Veteran’s Day celebrations. Any other way to get the badge?

  • Bfertig

    I Am going to a Veterans celebration with friends at Texas Roadhouse.  Will I get it?

  • Zeta

    How do you unlock this badge?

  • Anonymous

    Do you have VA hospitals and clinics linked to the badge?  If not, you should add them.  My brother-in-law checks into the VA clinic/hospital several times a week for appointments.

  • http://twitter.com/webmindset Webmindset

    THIS is cool… as a vet, I appreciate it.

  • http://twitter.com/RealNegotiator MARK JANZ-ARMSTRONG

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  • Wilsey

    How to unlock this badge specifically? Do we just check-in in any place during this Veterans Day?

  • http://twitter.com/TheFFlyerFather Chicka Elloy

    Badge this: Operation Miles  - http://wp.me/P1UtPa-1l 

  • Tiggermom

    But I never know how to unlock these badges. Sigh.

  • S.B.

    checked into the military base, didn’t get the badge!

  • Zeta

    Still don’t know how to unlock this badge….

  • Zeta

    Still don’t know how to unlock this badge….

  • Jamey N

    Very nice. Thank you foursquare for honoring our service men and women, and their families! 

  • http://twitter.com/TheFFlyerFather Chicka Elloy

    Badge this: Operation Miles  - http://wp.me/P1UtPa-1l

  • Anonymous

    Really need some UK based badges :(

  • http://twitter.com/nathanduvall Nathan Duvall

    Just checked in to a Veterans Day Celebration and didn’t get the badge. Bummer.

  • http://www.facebook.com/zuly85 Zulma Farnworth

    awesome

  • Moe

    Didn’t work for me. I attended the memorial service & checked in but no badge..

  • Beau

    Check websites like AboutFoursquare.com or one of several others — they have lists of known ways to unlock badges and notify you of new ones when they come out.

  • http://twitter.com/TheFFlyerFather Chicka Elloy

    Badge this: Operation Miles  - http://wp.me/P1UtPa-1l 

  • Erik

    to bad this is only for americans…

  • Belinda

    unlocked at NYC Veterans Day Parade just now!

  • Belinda

    unlocked the badge at the NYC Veterans Day Parade https://foursquare.com/mobile/v/veterans-day-parade/4ebd447df5b9e505b7f77e6f

  • CHiNO

    3 times required.

  • Stephen Lien

    Any other details as to where we have to check in to get this badge?? 

  • Belinda
  • Ronda Yvette

    Got it! Checked in at 11/11/11 Veterans Day… Good Luck!

  • Gexnux

    It’s not ;) if you checkin at a “veterans day parade” in you city, you’ll get the badge… 

  • Polarcubby

    In Canada we have Remembrance Day parades.

  • http://jamesmillerjr.net jmillerjr

    Cool badge… Honored they are honoring us who have served. I checked in at the National Veterans Day 11K run in San Antonio and didn’t get this badge.   :(

  • http://jamesmillerjr.net jmillerjr

    I checked in there too and didn’t get this badge… What give 4SQ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Craig-Boone/640296289 Craig Boone

    I checked into a local Veteran’s Outreach Center, it’s labeled AND tagged with the word Veteran and didnt get the badge. wtfe

  • http://twitter.com/akaCarioca Carlos

    That will be a bit pushy, don’t you think? A badge dedicated to honor/dedication and people getting by “jumping”???

  • A Lutz5640

    We are all so blessed to have brave men and women who have fought, lived, and died for us. It takes great strength to do what they do every day. Thank you.

  • AJ

    I want to thank all the veterans that have served for our country, because without each and every one of you this wonderful country wouldn’t be the way it is now. From the Revolutionary war to current day wars, I want to thank again all the veterans for their duty and that their actions will never go unnoticed. Thank You.  

  • AJ

    Thanks for your duty, and making the country that we live in now that wonderful place it is. 

  • nosila2

    I got the badge for checking into our Remembrance Day Ceremony at Queen’s Park in Toronto.

  • http://wp.me/pOEb4-cs Chris

    I’ve linked back to this post. 14 readers of my tech blog asked how to get it, so it’s better coming from the ones who made it. It’s a great badge!

  • Harini_darbi

    love it:)

  • Foursquare Addict

    VISIT http://foursquareaddict.info/ for foursquare badge information.

  • Sintia

    So Foursquare I live on an Army Base and have checked in more then 3 times all weekend to places here on Base and guess what no Badge =(

  • Sintia

    So Foursquare I live on an Army Base and have checked in more then 3 times all weekend to places here on Base and guess what no Badge =(