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Title
The March of the Bonus Army
Subject
History - WWI
Local History
Military History
Labor History
Description
In 1932, 20,000 WW I veterans, many of them with their wives and children, converged on Washington, D.C. to ask Congress and President Herbert Hoover to grant them early the "bonus" payment they had been promised. The rag-tag "army," encamped near the U.S. Capitol Building was looked upon by many in political office as an unruly mob. President Herbert Hoover's order to evict 10,000 veterans resulted in a brutal attack by cavalrymen commanded by Major George S. Patton which contributed mightily to ending Hoover's presidency.
Creator
Uth, Robert
Marcus, Glenn
Center for Defense Information
Source
Grant - 03-01-04
Publisher
New Voyage Communications
Date
2006
29 May 2006
Contributor
Disabled American Veterans National Service Foundation
Tawani Foundation
Humanities Council of Washington, DC
Rights
Copyright New Voyage Communications, 2006
Format
DVD
.mpg
Language
English
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
537
02.01.2004
Coverage
Washington, DC
Ward 8
Anacostia
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
DVD
Duration
00:28:58
Compression
.mpg
Producer
Marcus, Glenn
Uth, Robert
Director
Uth, Robert
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