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To: BCR #226
"Don't forget the Bonus Army..."

Yes, indeed.
559 posted on 03/02/2004 12:49:48 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: MineralMan
"Don't forget the Bonus Army..."

Which was by design unarmed. Not so a bunch of ex GI's in Athens Tennesse, shortly after WW-II. They were armed, and they did prevail. Sure not against the federal government, but against the corrupt local political machine. They even used high explosives. The Governor was afraid to send in the National Guard, for fear they'd side with the ex GI's. The federales were out of the picture entirely.

599 posted on 03/02/2004 1:24:06 PM PST by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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