Events with tag - Herbert Hoover

December 1, 1929

First Hooverville Emerges in Seattle

The first documented Hooverville appeared in Seattle's Harbor Island in late 1929, marking the beginning of widespread makeshift settlements during the Great Depression. These settlements, named to criticize President Herbert Hoover, housed thousands of homeless Americans who lost everything in the economic crisis.

May 29, 1932

Bonus Army March

In summer 1932, during the Great Depression, 20,000 WWI veterans and their families marched on Washington D.C. demanding early payment of service certificates. The peaceful protest ended in tragedy when President Hoover ordered military forces to violently disperse the protesters.