The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – made up of 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, together with their families and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service certificates. Organizers called the demonstrators the "Bonus Expeditionary Force", to echo the name of World War I's American Expeditionary Forces, while the media referred to them as the "Bonus Army" or "Bonus Marchers". The demonstrators were led by Walter W. Waters, a former sergeant.
Many of the war veterans had been out of work since the beginning of the Great Depression. The World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 had awarded them bonuses in the form of certificates they could not redeem until 1945. Each certificate, issued to a qualified veteran soldier, bore a face value equal to the soldier's promised payment with compound interest. The principal demand of the Bonus Army was the immediate cash payment of their certificates.
On July 28, U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans removed from all government property. Washington police met with resistance, shot at the protestors, and two veterans were wounded and later died. President Herbert Hoover then ordered the U.S. Army to clear the marchers' campsite. Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur commanded a contingent of infantry and cavalry, supported by six tanks. The Bonus Army marchers with their wives and children were driven out, and their shelters and belongings burned.
A second, smaller Bonus March in 1933 at the start of the Roosevelt administration was defused in May with an offer of jobs with the Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Hunt, Virginia, which most of the group accepted. Those who chose not to work for the CCC by the May 22 deadline were given transportation home.[2] In 1936, Congress overrode President Roosevelt's veto and paid the veterans their bonus nine years early.
this gonna sound awful, but for whatever reason I got this imagine in my head after reading that. Of Trump in Marine One as the door gunner quoting the helicopter scene from full metal jacket.
And they can errect a sort of narrow tent from the White House entrance to the helicopter - common when the president has to walk outside in an unsecured setting.
An innefective assassination attempt might even buy Tump a few points at the polls
I wonder if they will bitch out at the last minute like they did with the Siege on the Border in Texas? They might actually go for it this time figuring that democrat DC will protect them.
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – made up of 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, together with their families and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service certificates. Organizers called the demonstrators the "Bonus Expeditionary Force", to echo the name of World War I's American Expeditionary Forces, while the media referred to them as the "Bonus Army" or "Bonus Marchers". The demonstrators were led by Walter W. Waters, a former sergeant.
Many of the war veterans had been out of work since the beginning of the Great Depression. The World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 had awarded them bonuses in the form of certificates they could not redeem until 1945. Each certificate, issued to a qualified veteran soldier, bore a face value equal to the soldier's promised payment with compound interest. The principal demand of the Bonus Army was the immediate cash payment of their certificates.
On July 28, U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans removed from all government property. Washington police met with resistance, shot at the protestors, and two veterans were wounded and later died. President Herbert Hoover then ordered the U.S. Army to clear the marchers' campsite. Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur commanded a contingent of infantry and cavalry, supported by six tanks. The Bonus Army marchers with their wives and children were driven out, and their shelters and belongings burned.
A second, smaller Bonus March in 1933 at the start of the Roosevelt administration was defused in May with an offer of jobs with the Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Hunt, Virginia, which most of the group accepted. Those who chose not to work for the CCC by the May 22 deadline were given transportation home.[2] In 1936, Congress overrode President Roosevelt's veto and paid the veterans their bonus nine years early.
Hmmm. Maybe antifa can be dispersed by offering them jobs too! Only they would be running from the offer instead of accepting it.
Hire Antifa to build the wall. And then finish it with them on the other side.
Ha! Let's see how they like the Policia.
Or make them filler in the wall like China did 🤣
this gonna sound awful, but for whatever reason I got this imagine in my head after reading that. Of Trump in Marine One as the door gunner quoting the helicopter scene from full metal jacket.
If they burn down the empty WH, we will win the biggest landslide ever and rebuild the WH.
Oooh, did you say a helicopter? Maybe we can get free rides!
No don't mention Marine Corps One.
The loony lefties are getting even loonier and much, much more violent.
You just KNOW some of them fantasize a out shooting down POTUS.
This threat (not the helicopters) is going to make protecting him exponentially harder.
Agreed. These people are insane
Helicopter has small arms protection.
And they can errect a sort of narrow tent from the White House entrance to the helicopter - common when the president has to walk outside in an unsecured setting.
An innefective assassination attempt might even buy Tump a few points at the polls
I hope the try it. It will make the election a landslide.
It would be such a gift
If the communists burn down the empty White House, it will be a war.
It would be the pretext we need.
"Pandemic" gave everyone money, free time, and pent up energy
A violent siege is considered "radically democratic"? I hope every last ANTIFA 'tard dies on this hill. Figuratively, of course
Secret Service isn't gonna let that happen.
They can't really stop a huge horde of people unless they shoot them.
I wonder if they will bitch out at the last minute like they did with the Siege on the Border in Texas? They might actually go for it this time figuring that democrat DC will protect them.
BLMers to protest at the White House? This should be good.