World War I Veterans

The 'Bonus Expeditionary Force,' veterans of World War I, marching on Washington

Title: The 'Bonus Expeditionary Force,' veterans of World War I, marching on Washington
Creator(s): Underwood & Underwood, photographer
Date Created/Published: ca. 1931-ca. 1932.
Summary: The 'Bonus Expeditionary Force,' veterans of World War I, marching on Washington. Encampment on Anacostia flats, tent homes and makeshift shelters; U.S. Army troops receiving orders from Generals MacArthur and Eisenhower to march on the veterans. Includes marchers inside the Capitol; demonstrations; Communist contingents; families accompanying marchers; boxcars carrying veterans arriving in Washington; donated food and soap; bathing, laundry, and cooking activities; the Salvation Army library and recreational activities; fingerprinting of marchers; issuing of railroad tickets to marchers for passage home; Congressman Wright Patman, sponsor of the Bonus Bill, speaking to marchers; funeral procession for Congressman Eslick of Tennessee, who dropped dead on the floor of the House while delivering a plea for support for the Bonus Bill. Also, includes the 'Hunger Army' march on Washington, December 1931; the Scottsboro boys' Supreme Court hearing, May 31, 1932; and Memorial Day services at Catholic University stadium, May 30, 1932.
Notes: Photographers: Keystone-Underwood.
LOT title and other information from catalog card and published guide: Washingtoniana Photographs ... Library of Congress, 1989.
Photographs are accompanied by original news agency captions.
Gift; Underwood & Underwood, Washington, D.C.; 1920-1930.

Subjects: Bonus Expeditionary Forces--Riots & demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940.
World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--American--Washington (D.C.)
Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940.
Veterans' rights--United States--1930-1940.


Bookmark /2004668766/
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