The Bonus Army by Paul Dickson Thomas B. Allen
An American Epic
EX-SERVICE MEN DEMAND JOBS No one knows No one cares if I'm weary Oh how soon they forgot Château-Thierry -From Newsreel XLVI, The Big Money, a volume in the USA Trilogy by John Dos Passos
President Woodrow Wilson and his wife rode in an open carriage from the White House to the Capitol for his second inaugural on the morning of Monday, March 5, 1917. For the first time since the Civil War, a president was given special protection on Inauguration Day. Letters threatening the president's life had alarmed the Secret Service. Agents had inspected every building on Pennsylvania Avenue along the mile-long route. Soldiers were stationed eight feet apart on both sides of the broad avenue.
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