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Will the govt use the military to crush civilian protest? It’s been tried before.
#bonusmarch #military #herberthoover #authoritarianism
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Will the govt use the military to crush civilian protest? It’s been tried before #bonusmarch #mil
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#OTD in 1932
‘R.P. Ober, from left, Frank Rincione, and Jack Hartke prepare soup at the Bonus Army headquarters at 17 West Pearson Street on Aug. 9, 1932. The #BonusArmy camp had been ordered closed as a fire hazard.’ — Chicago Tribune photo
#BonusMarch #GreatDepression #veterans
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#OTD in 1932
‘The ruins of the Bonus Army's camp in Washington on Aug. 8, 1932, after troops set fire to the shanty town built by World War I veterans who were asking Congress for their bonus checks.’ — Acme News
#veterans #BonusMarch #BonusArmy #GreatDepression
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#OTD in 1932
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‘#BonusArmy vets, who arrived in #Chicago from Johnstown, Pa, on Aug. 4, 1932, wait on the sidewalk in front of 17 W Pearson Street. [With the violent end of the #BonusMarch, o]ver 300 #veterans arrived in five cars on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad with no ➡️
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‘BONUS ARMY IN FULL RETREAT; CAMPS BURNED; TROOPS USE GAS’ *Cleveland Plain Dealer*, Friday Morning, July 29, 1932.
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‘The ruins of Camp Antacostia after it had been cleared by government troops in Washington on July 29, 1932.’
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#OTD in 1932
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‘An army enlisted man sets fire to one of the few huts at Camp Marks, Anacostia, that were spared by the flames that consumed most of the Bonus Expeditionary Forces encampment on July 29, 1932.’
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AP Photo https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/07/us-army-demonstrations-washington-305913 9.6.20
#OTD in 1932
‘Bonus Army veterans camp is burned down in Washington, July 28, 1932’
#BonusMarch #BonusArmy #GreatDepression
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AP Photo https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/07/us-army-demonstrations-washington-305913 9.6.20
#OTD in 1932
‘Fully armed U.S. troops disperse the last of the Bonus Army veterans from their positions on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Capitol, in Washington, D.C., July 28, 1932. The troops used tear gas to break up the Bonus March.’
#BonusMarch #BonusArmy #GreatDepression
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AP Photo https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/07/us-army-demonstrations-washington-305913 9.6.20
#OTD in 1932
‘... war veterans hold their hands up after the Washington, D.C. police fired into them to quell disorder on Pennsylvania Avenue on July 28, 1932.’
#BonusMarch #BonusArmy #GreatDepression
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/suffrage-civil-rights-war-and-puppets-when-and-why-americans-have-marched-washington-180961809/ words quoted from http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-140130-bonus-army-march-veterans-pictures/
#OTD in 1932
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The #BonusMarch in D.C. comes to a violent end.
‘Veterans throw bricks and stones at charging policemen as the police try to evict the #BonusArmy from camping on government property on July 28, 1932. One of the rioters is seen swinging a section of pipe. ➡️
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in World War I but set to mature only in 1945. A bill to award the bonuses had been rejected by the Senate, 17 June, but thousands remained.
#GreatDepression #BonusArmy #BonusMarch #veterans #USCapitol #blackandwhitephotography
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#OTD in 1936
‘Early arrivals sign over their bonus bonds for cash at the Federal Building's bonus headquarters, circa June 23, 1936.’
Chicago Tribune historical photo.
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In #JUNE 1932
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Tens of thousands of unemployed WW1 veterans camped out in Washington DC to demand the immediate payment of their bonuses, promised for 1945, rejoiced when the House passed a bill awarding them $1k each on 15 June (📷 13 June). ➡️
#GreatDepression #BonusMarch
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Acme News photo image from http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-140130-bonus-army-march-veterans-pictures/
#OTD in 1932
‘Bonus marchers gather hay for their beds in a nearby field on June 4, 1932.’
The #veterans, left jobless by the #GreatDepression, were in Washington DC to demand from Congress immediate payment of bonuses for service in WW I set to mature only in 1945.
#BonusMarch
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‘#Veterans from #Chattanooga, Tenn., during the #BonusMarch on the #WhiteHouse in May of 1932’ — UPI Telephoto
Congress would begin deliberations, and the march would culminate in the dramatic events in Washington of that July.
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This picture was taken in St. Louis where they arrived from Portland, Oregon, and other western points, commandeering box cars as they went.' — Acme News
#BonusMarch #GreatDepression #veterans #Unemployment #StLouis
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