Bonus Army march

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The Bonus Army march was a 1932 protest in Washington, D.C., where thousands of World War I veterans demanded early payment of promised bonuses, culminating in a controversial and violent eviction by U.S. troops.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf demonstration ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
aimedAt United States Congress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bonus Army ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march

Bonus Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Bonus March ⓘ
approximateNumberOfParticipants 15000 to 20000 veterans ⓘ
including several thousand family members ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demanded early payment of World War I service bonuses ⓘ
immediate cash redemption of Adjusted Service Certificates ⓘ
encampmentLocation Anacostia Flats ⓘ
areas near the U.S. Capitol ⓘ
endTime July 1932 ⓘ
followedBy 1933 smaller Bonus Army demonstration ⓘ
hasCause delayed payment of World War I service bonuses ⓘ
economic hardship during the Great Depression ⓘ
historicalSignificance became a symbol of government insensitivity to veterans ⓘ
highlighted veterans' economic struggles during the Great Depression ⓘ
influenced passage of the Adjusted Compensation Payment Act of 1936 ⓘ
legislativeContext Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 ⓘ
Wright Patman Bonus Bill ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national press coverage in 1932 ⓘ
opposedBy President Herbert Hoover administration ⓘ
U.S. Army leadership ⓘ
organizedBy Walter W. Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War I veterans ⓘ
participant District of Columbia police ⓘ
General Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
linked to: Douglas MacArthur

Major Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
Major George S. Patton ⓘ
linked to: George S. Patton

President Herbert Hoover ⓘ
linked to: Herbert Hoover

U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army

World War I veterans ⓘ
families of World War I veterans ⓘ
partOf social unrest during the Great Depression ⓘ
policeConfrontationDate July 28, 1932 ⓘ
result burning of Bonus Army camps ⓘ
damage to Herbert Hoover's public image ⓘ
increased sympathy for veterans' demands ⓘ
public outrage over treatment of veterans ⓘ
several deaths and many injuries ⓘ
use of tear gas against veterans and families ⓘ
violent eviction of veterans from Washington, D.C. ⓘ
startTime May 1932 ⓘ
usedMethod encampment ⓘ
march on Washington ⓘ
peaceful protest ⓘ

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Bonus Army march → alsoKnownAs → Bonus Army ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march
Remember My Forgotten Man → influencedBy → Bonus Army protests ⓘ
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Bonus Expeditionary Force → alsoKnownAs → Bonus Army ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march
Bonus March → alsoKnownAs → Bonus Army ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march
World War I veterans → notablyOrganized → Bonus Army march ⓘ
World War I veterans → participatedIn → Bonus Army ⓘ
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World War I veterans → protestedIn → Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march
Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 → relatedToEvent → Bonus Army ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march
Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 → relatedToEvent → Bonus Army march on Washington ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march
Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 → influenceOn → Bonus Army protest of 1932 ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march
Wright Patman Bonus Bill → relatedToEvent → Bonus Army ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march
Wright Patman Bonus Bill → inspired → Bonus Army protest in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: Bonus Army march