Bonus March

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The Bonus March was a 1932 protest in Washington, D.C., where thousands of World War I veterans demanded early payment of promised service bonuses during the Great Depression.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bonus March canonical 1
Bonus Marchers 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

Bonus Expeditionary Force ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
chronology occurred in mid-1932 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource U.S. government records ⓘ
contemporary newspaper reports ⓘ
historical monographs on the Great Depression ⓘ
facetOf social unrest during the Great Depression ⓘ
veterans’ rights movement in the United States ⓘ
fieldOfWork social protest ⓘ
followedBy Adjusted Compensation Payment Act of 1936 ⓘ
hasCause Great Depression ⓘ
delayed payment of World War I service bonuses ⓘ
hasCharacteristic ended with violent clashes ⓘ
involved temporary shantytown encampments ⓘ
largely peaceful at outset ⓘ
hasEffect dispersal of veteran encampments in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
increased support for veterans’ benefits reforms ⓘ
influence on 1932 U.S. presidential election climate ⓘ
public criticism of Herbert Hoover administration ⓘ
hasMotivation demand for early payment of promised service bonuses ⓘ
economic hardship of veterans during the Great Depression ⓘ
hasPart U.S. Army operation to clear veterans’ camps ⓘ
confrontation with police on July 28, 1932 ⓘ
encampment on Anacostia Flats ⓘ
march to the U.S. Capitol ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject World War I veterans ⓘ
notableWorkAbout The Bonus Army: An American Epic ⓘ
opposedBy Herbert Hoover administration ⓘ
U.S. Army leadership ⓘ
participant District of Columbia police ⓘ
Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
George S. Patton ⓘ
Herbert Hoover ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
World War I veterans ⓘ
pointInTime 1932 ⓘ
significantEvent burning of Bonus Army camps ⓘ
deployment of cavalry and tanks in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
use of tear gas against veterans ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bonus Army march → alsoKnownAs → Bonus March ⓘ
Bonus Expeditionary Force → alsoKnownAs → Bonus Marchers ⓘ
linked to: Bonus March