Bonus Army Interview: Dickson

Title

Subject

Local History

Labor History

Great Depression

Protest Movements

World War I

Description

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 the concept of the social contract as it applies to the Great Depression and traces the beginnings of the movement through the Coxey Army (1893) and Sewilla Lamar and the Gold Star Mothers (1919). This interview explores how the humanities and the media served to shape public opinion on the Bonus Army, eventually paving the way for the G.I. Bill after World War II

This is a transcript of an oral history produced during research for a documentary film "March of the Bonus Army".

Creator

Dickson, Paul

Source

Grant - 03-01-04

Date

2003

Rights

Copyright held jointly by the narrator, and the interviewer.

The Humanities Council of Washington, DC has the right to display and distribute materials funded by HCWDC grants.

Relation

March of the Bonus Army

Format

Document

Language

English

Type

Document

Identifier

02c.01.2003

643

Coverage

Washington, DC

Ward 7

Anacostia

Johnstown, PA

Florida Keys

Dublin Core