Did the Bonus Army Ever Get Their Money
Washington D.C. Encampments In the summer of 1932, approximately 15,000 World War I veterans and their families descended upon Washington, D.C., to demand immediate payment of a bonus promised to them under the Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924. These veterans, known as the Bonus Army, established makeshift encampments in the city, primarily in the Anacostia … Read more