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The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates.
The bonus was due in 1945, but the Great Depression created financial p ... D.C. in the spring and summer of 1932 to demand an early cash payment of a bonus they were promised for their volunteer ...
Parker, Robert V. "The Bonus March of 1932: A Unique Experience in North Carolina Political and Social Life." North Carolina Historical Review 51.1 (1974): 64-89. ONLINE; Tugwell, Rexford G. "Roosevelt and the Bonus Marchers of 1932." Political Science Quarterly 87.3 (1972): 363-376. Tugwell was a top FDR aide. online
On July 28, 1932, the attorney general ordered their eviction. Washington police fired at the protesters, killing two veterans. ... Tanks and tear gas drove out the Bonus Army marchers, their ...
On July 28, 1932, two bonus marchers were shot by police, causing the entire mob to become hostile and riotous. The FBI, then known as the United States Bureau of Investigation, checked its fingerprint records to obtain the police records of individuals who had been arrested during the riots or who had participated in the bonus march. [58] [59]
July 28 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the U.S. Army to forcibly evict the Bonus Army of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. Troops disperse the last of the Bonus Army the next day. July 30–August 14 – The 1932 Summer Olympics take place in Los Angeles. [3]
In January 1932, Cox led a march of 20,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians, dubbed "Cox's Army", on Washington, D.C, the largest demonstration to that date in the nation's capital. [1] He hoped the action would stir Congress to start a public works program and to increase the inheritance tax to 70%. [ 2 ]
In 1932, Hoover's attack on the Bonus Army awakened America to his heartlessness. ... Hoover decided early in July to have the marchers evicted and placed the responsibility in the hands of the ...