jul 28, 1932 - The Bonus March
Description:
- A thousand unemployed WWI veteran marched to Washington D.C. to demand immediate payment of bonuses promised to them.- Congress failed to pass the bonus bill they sought.
- General Douglas MacArthur, the army's chief of staff used tanks and tear gas and drive the veterans from Washington.
- This incident cause many Americans to regard Hoover as heartless
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Date:
jul 28, 1932
Now
~ 92 years ago