A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ABOUT VETERANS ISSUES, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS AND OUR MILITARY HEROES
VOL. 8/ISSUE 38
THURSDAY • JULY 23, 2020
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Veterans’ July 28 eviction and Florida deaths started march to better treatment
On July 28, 1932, police acting on White House demands moved in against veterans demanding immediate payment of unremitted compensation from their time in the American Expeditionary Forces. The veterans dubbed themselves the Bonus Expeditionary Force. Their violent eviction from Washington D.C. followed three years later by the deaths of 250 veterans working on the Overseas Highway in Florida was the turning point for veterans to get better treatment. - Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records