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Bonus Army Interview: Dickson

A detailed overview of the events leading up to and the consequences following the Bonus Army by historian Paul Dickson. During the Great Depression, World War I veterans marched on Washington to demand their wartime compensation. Dickson discusses…

Tags: bonus army, calvin coolidge, douglas macarthur, edith nourse rogers, evelyn walsh mclean, franklin delano roosevelt, george patton, gi bill, gold star mothers, Great Depression, labor, military, new deal, pelham glassford, protest movements, sewilla lamar, woodrow wilson

Bonus Army Interview: Allen

Tenuous ties between the Bonus Army and the Communist-led Workers Ex-Servicemen's League drove many to view the Bonus Army protesters as a Communist threat. And in addition, the integrated Bonus Army camps provided a viable threat to the segregated…

Tags: anacostia, bonus army, communism, douglas macarthur, Great Depression, herbert hoover, integration, j. edgar hoover, labor, new deal, protest, segregation, world war i

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