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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
protest
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Bonus_Expeditionary_Force
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gptkbp:cause
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demand for early payment of service certificates
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gptkbp:date
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1932
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Bonus Army March
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:1932_presidential_election
public opinion on veterans' rights
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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extensive national attention
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gptkbp:militaryCommanders
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gptkb:Douglas_MacArthur
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:George_S._Patton
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gptkbp:militaryInvolved
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gptkb:U.S._Army
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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use of tear gas
burning of Anacostia flats camp
use of cavalry and tanks
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gptkbp:numberOfFamilyMembersAndSupporters
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about 26,000
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gptkbp:numberOfVeterans
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about 17,000
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:U.S._government
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gptkbp:participants
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gptkb:World_War_I_veterans
approximately 43,000
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gptkbp:presidentDuringTerm
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gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
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gptkbp:relatedLegislation
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gptkb:Patman_Bonus_Bill
gptkb:World_War_Adjusted_Compensation_Act
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gptkbp:result
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bonus paid in 1936
destruction of protest camps
forcible removal of protesters
public backlash against Hoover
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Great_Depression_1929–1941
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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