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1. Why did the Army veterans march on Washington? What happened to them?

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The Bonus Army were the 43,000 marchers—17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates. ... The principal demand of the Bonus Army was the immediate cash payment of their certificates. This might help idk
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