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July 28, 1932 - Federal troops, under command of General Douglas MacArthur, forcibly dispersed the so-called “Bonus Expeditionary Force,” or Bonus Army. They were World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand money they had been promised but weren't scheduled to receive until 1945. Most of the marchers were unemployed veterans in desperate financial straits during the Great Depression.
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July 28, 1932 - Federal troops, under command of General Douglas MacArthur, forcibly dispersed the so-called “Bonus Expeditionary Force,” or Bonus Army. They were World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand money they had been promised but weren't scheduled to receive until 1945. Most of the marchers were unemployed veterans in desperate financial straits during the Great Depression.
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Average Patton Shithead Moment
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1432862/average-patton-shithead-moment
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Average Patton Shithead Moment
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1432862/average-patton-shithead-moment
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When #WWIVeterans marched on Washington and set up an encampment to get
pay owed them for 12 years. #Hoover sent in armed forces to chase them out. It was during #TheGreatDepression. 1932. They were starving.
#CampBartlett #BonusArmy -
When #WWIVeterans marched on Washington and set up an encampment to get
pay owed them for 12 years. #Hoover sent in armed forces to chase them out. It was during #TheGreatDepression. 1932. They were starving.
#CampBartlett #BonusArmy -
July 28, 1932 - Federal troops, under command of General Douglas MacArthur, forcibly dispersed the so-called “Bonus Expeditionary Force,” or Bonus Army. They were World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand money they had been promised but weren't scheduled to receive until 1945. Most of the marchers were unemployed veterans in desperate financial straits during the Great Depression.
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July 28, 1932 - Federal troops, under command of General Douglas MacArthur, forcibly dispersed the so-called “Bonus Expeditionary Force,” or Bonus Army. They were World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand money they had been promised but weren't scheduled to receive until 1945. Most of the marchers were unemployed veterans in desperate financial straits during the Great Depression.
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@Lazarou @fskornia
PBS made a short doc on the #BonusArmy: -
While the white people cheering draconian measures being taken against BLM, Standing Rock, and other protestors, I've got something for you to think about. Those same measures will be taken against you, Whitey. If you don't believe me, go read about the Bonus Army.
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While the white people cheering draconian measures being taken against BLM, Standing Rock, and other protestors, I've got something for you to think about. Those same measures will be taken against you, Whitey. If you don't believe me, go read about the Bonus Army.
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July 28, 1932 - Federal troops, under command of General Douglas MacArthur, forcibly dispersed the so-called “Bonus Expeditionary Force,” or Bonus Army. They were World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand money they had been promised but weren't scheduled to receive until 1945. Most of the marchers were unemployed veterans in desperate financial straits during the Great Depression.
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May 29, 1932 - In the depths of the Great Depression, the “Bonus Expeditionary Force,” a group of 1000 World War I veterans seeking to cash in their veterans’ bonus certificates, arrived in Washington, D.C. Though issued to the veterans in 1924, the certificates were not scheduled to be paid until 1945. By mid-June, the vets had set up a massive “Hooverville,” a contemporary term for an encampment of the homeless.
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May 29, 1932 - In the depths of the Great Depression, the “Bonus Expeditionary Force,” a group of 1000 World War I veterans seeking to cash in their veterans’ bonus certificates, arrived in Washington, D.C. Though issued to the veterans in 1924, the certificates were not scheduled to be paid until 1945. By mid-June, the vets had set up a massive “Hooverville,” a contemporary term for an encampment of the homeless.
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