Dictionary - Bonus Army: American History Dictionary - Bonus Army
Definition and meaning of Bonus Army:   Bonus Army In June 1932, 20,000 World War I veterans marched on Washington, D.C., to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonus Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Bonus Army - Intervention Of The Military
The marchers were cleared and their camps were destroyed by federal cavalry troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, in a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Background
In 1932, during the height of the Great Depression, the Bonus Army, composed of thousands of World War I veterans, demonstrated in Washin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonus Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Bonus Army - Arrival In Washington
The Bonus Army massed at the United States Capitol on June 17 as the U.S. Senate considered the Patman Bonus Bill, which would give World...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Washington D.c.: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Washington D.c. - 20th Century
President Herbert Hoover ordered the United States Army on July 28, 1932 to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Hoover - Presidency
Hoover won the Republican Presidential nomination in 1928. He campaigned against Al Smith on the basis of efficiency and prosperity. Alth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1930: Encyclopedia Ii - 1930 - Events
1930 - January-February. January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Inter-war Years
In 1929 MacArthur met Isabel Rosario Cooper, a sixteen-year old Filipina actress, whom he later took with him to Washington. He later wou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - World War I
At the onset of the USA's entry to World War I, General Pershing promoted Patton to the rank of Captain. While in France under the Third ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indiana Jones: Encyclopedia Ii - Indiana Jones - Dvd Release
Indiana Jones - TV films. The DVDs for Chapters 1-22 are expected to be released sometime in 2007, according to a statement by series p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Pryor: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Pryor - Personal
Richard Pryor was married seven times to five different women: Patricia Price (1960 - ?) (divorced) 1 child Shelly Bonus (1967 - 19...   » Read the article

Article - American History Sitemap I - B
This is a sitemap for American History - B . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Randolph Hearst: Encyclopedia Ii - William Randolph Hearst - Personal
In 1903, William married Millicent Veronica Willson (1882–1974), a beautiful 22-year-old chorus girl, in New York City. Nearly 20 year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1930: Encyclopedia - 1930
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. 1930 - Events. January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veteran: Encyclopedia - Veteran
A veteran refers to a person who is experienced in a particular area, particularly referring to people in the armed forces. (From Latin v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1932: Encyclopedia - 1932
1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. 1932 - Events. 1932 - January-February. January 3 - British arrest and intern Moh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment: Encyclopedia Ii - 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment - Origins
3d Armored Cavalry Regiment - 1st Squadron. When the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen was organized pursuant to the act of Congress in 1846...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Summary Of Service
Douglas MacArthur - West Point. June 13, 1899 – appointed as a Cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 190...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Maryland - Maryland In The Civil War
See also: American Civil War and Origins of the American Civil War History of Maryland - Maryland's sympathies. Maryland, a slave state...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - World War Ii
During the buildup of the U.S. Army prior to its entry into World War II, Patton established the Desert Training Center in Indio, Califor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veteran: Encyclopedia Ii - Veteran - History Of Veterans
For most of history, states did not have any fixed standing army. Almost all warriors were farmers for the bulk of the year and thus had ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1932: Encyclopedia Ii - 1932 - Events
1932 - January-February. January 3 - British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 - In Britain the Archb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Mccormack-dickstein Committee
The events testified in the McCormack-Dickstein Committee happened between July and November 1933. The Committee began examining the Busi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Washington D.c.: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Washington D.c. - Founding
The Piscataway Indians, a branch of the Algonquin, settled in the region in the early 17th century. European settlers began arriving in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Maryland - Colonial Maryland
See also: Colonial America and British colonization of the Americas George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore applied to Charles I for a new ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Post-world War Ii
After World War II, MacArthur served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP). His first responsibility was overseeing the recons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Post-dismissal
MacArthur returned to Washington (his first time in the continental US in 11 years), where he made his last public appearance in a farewe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Maryland - Pre-columbian History
See also Pre-Colonial America It appears that the first humans to arrive in the area that would become Maryland appeared around the 10th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - Accident And Death
On December 9th, a day before he was due to return to the United States, Patton was severely injured in a road accident. He and General H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Washington D.c.: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Washington D.c. - Retrocession
Almost immediately after the "Federal City" was laid out across the Potomac River, the residents south of the Potomac began petitioning t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Washington D.c.: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Washington D.c. - Civil War Era
Washington remained a small city of a few thousand residents, virtually deserted during the torrid summertime, until the outbreak of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Washington D.c.: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Washington D.c. - Post-civil War Era
In the early 1870s, Washington was given a territorial government. Its first governor, Alexander Shepherd, however, gained an unfortunate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Final Resolution
The Congressional committee report confirmed Butler's testimony. This report was published in the 1973 book The Plot to Seize the White H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Early Life And Education
MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on the northwest upper floor of The Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal. His parents we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Washington D.c.: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Washington D.c. - Early Years
Washington appointed Pierre Charles L'Enfant to devise a plan for the new city. L'Enfant designed the city's layout, a grid centered on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Maryland - Maryland 1789-1849
See also: History of the United States (1789-1849) History of Maryland - Early days under the U.S. Constitution. See also: See also: Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Maryland - Reconstruction Through Wwi
See also: History of the United States (1865-1918) History of Maryland - Post-Civil War political developments. Since Maryland had, rel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Maryland - Maryland In The 20th Century
See also: History of the United States (1918-1945) History of Maryland - The Ritchie administration. In 1918, Maryland elected Albert C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Maryland - The Revolutionary Period
See also: History of the United States (1776-1789) Maryland did not at first favor independence from Great Britain and gave instructions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - The Movie
George Patton was the focus of the 1970 Academy Award-winning movie Patton, with the title role played by George C. Scott. As a result of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Post-world War Ii
After World War II, MacArthur served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP). His first responsibility was overseeing the recons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Post-dismissal
MacArthur returned to Washington (his first time in the continental US in 11 years), where he made his last public appearance in a farewe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - Family
Patton was born in San Gabriel, California, to George Smith Patton (September 30, 1856 – June, 1927) and Ruth Wilson, daughter of Benja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - World War Ii
After the United States entered World War II, MacArthur became Allied commander in the Philippines. He courted controversy on several occ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Macarthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Macarthur - Early Life And Education
MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on the northwest upper floor of The Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal. His parents we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1932: Encyclopedia Ii - 1932 - Births
1932 - January. January 3 - Dabney Coleman, American actor January 3 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005) January 5 - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1932: Encyclopedia Ii - 1932 - Deaths
1932 - Unknown date. Lucy Bacon, American painter {b. 1857} ... See also:1932, 1932 - Events, 1932 - January-February, 1932 - March...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1930: Encyclopedia Ii - 1930 - Births
1930 - January-February. January 2 - Julius LaRosa, American singer January 20 - Buzz Aldrin, American pilot and astronaut January 23 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - Education
Patton attended Virginia Military Institute for one year, then transferred to West Point. He flunked out after plebe year with Courtney H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - The Interwar Years
While on duty in Washington, D.C. in 1919, Patton met and became close friends with Dwight D. Eisenhower, who would play an enormous role...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment: Encyclopedia Ii - 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment - World War I And Ii
In August 1917, the Regiment was alerted for overseas duty. Arriving in France in November, the Regiment was broken up and operated three...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment: Encyclopedia Ii - 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment - Global War On Terrorism
The 3rd ACR has seen two deployments during the Global War on Terrorism, both to Iraq. 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment - First Tour OIF. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Historical Treatment
Those who hold with the existence of the conspiracy propose several scenarios in explaining why the affair did not become a cause celebre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment: Encyclopedia Ii - 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment - Mexican War
The Regiment was organized "for establishing military stations on the route to Oregon", and it was under orders to proceed on its mission...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - Summary Of Service
George S. Patton - History of assignments. Coming soon George S. Patton - Awards and decorations. At the time of General Patton's dea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - Patton And Eisenhower
The relationship between George S. Patton and Dwight Eisenhower has long been of interest to historians in that the onset of World War II...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Patton: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Patton - Accident And Death
On December 9th, a day before he was due to return to the United States, Patton was severely injured in a road accident. He and Gen Hap G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Final Resolution
The Congressional committee report confirmed Butler's testimony. This report was published in the 1973 book The Plot to Seize the White H...   » Read the article