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179 “Bonus Army Routed” Video

“Bonus Army Routed” (1932)

[FILM available at https://youtu.be/oNBHTM7hYCY]

This short newsreel clip made by British film company Pathé shows the federal government’s response to the thousands of WWI veterans who organized in Washington DC during the summer of 1932 to form what was called a “Bonus Army.” At the demand of attorney general, the marchers were violently removed from government property.

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