Irénée du Pont
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Irénée du Pont I was an American businessman, president of the DuPont company, and head of the Du Pont trust.
Du Pont c. 1919
Business Plot
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The Business Plot, also called the Wall Street Putsch, was a political conspiracy in 1933 in the United States to overthrow the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Smedley Butler
Irénée du Pont
…Roosevelt. Du Pont was also a founder of the American Liberty League. In 1933, Irénée du Pont is rumored to have been one of the forces behind the Business Plot. He died on December 19, 1963, in Wilmington, Delaware…
The plot planned to install retired Major General Smedley Butler as dictator of the United States.
Shacks erected by the Bonus Army on Washington D.C.'s Anacostia flats burning in 1932 after being set on fire by the U.S. military