Bonus Army

American  

noun

U.S. History.

1. a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.

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Example Sentences

The ramifications of the Bonus Army attack live on.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

Nearly 20,000 unemployed veterans, the so-called Bonus Army, descended on Washington in protest.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022

The 43,000-member Bonus Army descended on Washington in 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022

In 1932, Hoover had seen the Bonus Army protesters occupy the city for a number of months and was feeling pressured by local business owners to clear the streets of veterans who were considered vagrants.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2020

Protests ranged from factory strikes to farm riots, culminating in the notorious Bonus Army protest in the spring of 1932.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014