#BonusArmy is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 7 people shared 18 posts with it — around 1 a day. Activity is down 86% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 28 with 9 posts.
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Milley defends democracy, swipes at Trump in farewell address
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In 1932, veterans marched on Washington because the country turned its back on them. They called themselves the Bonus Army. They showed up with families, with dignity - and they were forced out at gunpoint. We remember. And now we march in their footsteps. #UniteForVeterans app.sosha.ai/s/aZh7ZT9c
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Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
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That time when #veterans marched on Washington DC #politics #america
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From the weta_pbs community on Reddit: On this day in 1932, the U.S. Army used tanks and tear gas to clear its own WW1 veterans from a Washington, D.C. protest.
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March of the Bonus Army
In the summer of 1932, a group of World War I veterans in Portland, Oregon hopped a freight train and started riding the rails to Washington DC. They were demanding immediate payment of a cash bonus t...
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#OTD On July 28, 1932, U.S. Army forces used tanks, tear gas and bayonets to evict the Bonus Army from Washington, D.C., under President Hoover's orders. General Douglas MacArthur commanded the operation, backed by aides Major Dwight D. Eisenhower and Major George S. Patton #history #militaryhistory
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