I distinctly recall being absolutely aghast that U.S. soldiers would  attack, 
hack with swords, and ride horses over U.S. Army veterans in Washington,  
D.C. I seem to recall that General Pershing led the cavalry charge. I certainly  
hope America has come further along. Unfortunately, I recall the nervous, 
scared  faces of American soldiers standing in the streets of Riverside with 
rifles in  their hands after the 1965 Watts Riots and know it could easily happen  
again.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
 
 
In a message dated 6/24/2008 2:35:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
[log in to unmask] writes:

No  archaeology has been done on this but there was the short lived  1932
shantytown in Washington D.C. where Roosevelt loosed the troops on the  WWI
vets.  One of many time US troops have been used against US  citizens.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/11/AR200611110110
2_pf.html

Smoke

On  6/24/08, Webb, Paul (Chapel Hill,NC-US) <[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
> See
>
>  https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=dsaitta
>
> for info on  Dean Saitta's work there.
>
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY  [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> David Legare
> Sent:  Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject:  Re: Hoovervilles and Shantytowns
>
> That event was known as the  Ludlow Massacre.  It occured in 1901 near
> Pueblo.  The event  drew national attention to the conditions of the
> miners.  A  direct result of the event was the creation of the Squirrel
> Creek  Campground (!st public campgroun in Forest Service) on the San
> Isabel  NF to give city-bound (Pueblo) workers a place for rest and
>  relaxation.   Colorado OAHP has the records.
>
>
>  --- On Tue, 6/24/08, geoff carver <[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
> > From: geoff carver  <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Hoovervilles and  Shantytowns
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Tuesday, June  24, 2008, 1:27 PM
> > Years ago there was something about an  excavation in one of
> > the strikers'
> > tent villages up  near one of the coal fields in Colorado
> > (?), recently
>  > depicted (in part) in Pynchon's "Against the
> > day"; someone  here should
> > remember
> >
> > -----Original  Message-----
> >
> >
> > I am trying to compile a  comparative study for a research
> > design about
> > an  early 20th century hooverville (or  shantytown
>
>
>
>


-- 
Smoke  Pfeiffer

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