I am not certain about the role of General Pershing, Major George S.
Patton and General Douglas MacArthur played crucial roles in the
dispersal of the Bonus Army and the torching of their encampment along
the banks of the Anacostia River in 1932. While President Hoover and
General Eisenhower urged restraint, MacArthur was convinced that
Communists had infiltrated the Bonus Army, and fully exercised his
prerogative as commander. In the aftermath, someone snapped a famous
photograph of MacArthur and Patton in jodhpurs wipping their foreheads
after a tough day of smacking unemployed veterans with the flats of
their cavalry sabers. While I am unaware of archaeological evidence of
the Anacostia encampment there is a surprising amount of photographic
and documentary data for the regulation of the encampment, especially
organization and sanitation. Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen recently
wrote "The Bonus Army: An American Epic" and their bibliography cites
many of the sources.
Hank D. Lutton
Quoting Ron May <[log in to unmask]>:
> 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
>
> Remember: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away!
>
>
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