Today’s Document from the National Archives- Burning Shacks of the "Bonus Army" July 28, 2017In the summer of 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, World War I veterans seeking early payment of a bonus scheduled for 1945 assembled in Washington to pressure Congress and the White House. After the Senate rejected the bonus, most of the protesters went home, but a core of ten thousand members of the "Bonus Army" remained behind, many wi […]
- Burning Shacks of the "Bonus Army" July 28, 2017
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DEADLINE EXTENDED! – History’s Worst Dad Contest
Either way, I won’t chalk up our paltry total of entries (ZERO, to be exact) to lack of interest…so HERE WE GO AGAIN!
The deadline for entering your candidate for History’s worst Dad will be extended to Friday, July 8. Here is the original post with rules and submission guidelines.
Please pass this on to anyone who wants to submit. I can’t wait to see them!
Please! Anybody?!
PS: If you don’t, Mr. D will drown his sorrows in strong spirits that will make him verbose, boastful and violent. No one wants that.
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