William D. Mitchell
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William DeWitt Mitchell was an American attorney who had served as both Solicitor General of the United States under President Calvin Coolidge and United States Attorney General under President Herber
Mitchell in 1925
Time magazine cover of William D. Mitchell, (January 27, 1930).
Bonus Army
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The Bonus Army, a group of 43,000 demonstrators—17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups—gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash
William D. Mitchell
…Attorney General of the United States from March 4, 1929, and he held that office until March 4, 1933, one of his principal acts having been to order the Bonus Army dispersed and their camp destroyed. Mitchell then settled in New York City where he practiced law. He was named chairman of the Committee on Federal…
Members of the Bonus Army camped out on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol building
Cinderella stamp (US, 1932) a privately published sticker (not a postage stamp) supporting the Bonus Army
The B.E.F. camp in the Anacostia section of Washington, D.C.
Walter W. Waters, Commander of the Bonus Expeditionary Force