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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Bonus Army 1
Bonus Army march canonical 1
Bonus Army protests 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf demonstration
historical event
protest movement
aimedAt United States Congress
alsoKnownAs Bonus Army march
surface form: Bonus Army

Bonus Expeditionary Force
Bonus March
approximateNumberOfParticipants 15000 to 20000 veterans
including several thousand family members
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demanded early payment of World War I service bonuses
immediate cash redemption of Adjusted Service Certificates
encampmentLocation Anacostia neighborhood
surface form: 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
United States Army senior leadership
surface form: U.S. Army leadership
organizedBy Walter W. Waters NERFINISHED
World War I veterans
participant Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
surface form: District of Columbia police

Douglas MacArthur
surface form: General Douglas MacArthur

Dwight D. Eisenhower
surface form: Major Dwight D. Eisenhower

George S. Patton
surface form: Major George S. Patton

Herbert Hoover
surface form: President Herbert Hoover

United States Army
surface form: U.S. 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 for Jobs and Freedom
surface form: march on Washington

peaceful protest

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Bonus Army march alsoKnownAs Bonus Army march
this entity surface form: Bonus Army
Remember My Forgotten Man influencedBy Bonus Army march
this entity surface form: Bonus Army protests