Walter Waters

(noun)

Walter W. Waters (1898—1959) of Portland, Oregon, was a former Army Sergeant in the United States Army who, in May 1932, led the 20,000-strong army of World War I veterans called the Bonus Army on their march to Washington, D.C. The veterans were seeking immediate payment of service certificates, essentially additional pay, promised to them by Congress in the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 and scheduled for payment in 1945.

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Examples of Walter Waters in the following topics:

  • The Bonus Army

    • Led by Walter W.
    • Waters, a former Army sergeant, the organizers referred to it as the Bonus Expeditionary Force to echo the name of World War I's American Expeditionary Force, while the media called it the Bonus March.

  • Progressivism and Religion

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    • Ely, Josiah Strong, Washington Gladden, and Walter Rauschenbusch.
    • One of the defining theologians for the Social Gospel movement was Walter Rauschenbusch, a Baptist pastor of a congregation located in Hell's Kitchen.

  • Crisis in Berlin

    • By the early summer of 1961, East German President Walter Ulbricht apparently had persuaded the Soviets that an immediate solution was necessary and that the only way to stop the exodus was to use force.
    • On Saturday, August 12, 1961, Walter Ulbricht signed the order to close the border and erect a wall.

  • Markets and Missionaries

    • One of the defining theologians for the Social Gospel movement was Walter Rauschenbusch, a Baptist pastor of a congregation located in Hell’s Kitchen.

  • The British Empire

    • Famous sea dogs included John Hawkins , Francis Drake, and Walter Raleigh.
    • Sir Walter Raleigh sought to establish an empire in the New World after having gained considerable favor from Queen Elizabeth I by suppressing rebellions in Ireland.

  • Elements of Reform

    • Special emphasis was put on pure milk and water supplies.
    • Progressive leaders like Herbert Croly and Walter Lippmann indicated their classically liberal concern over the danger posed to the individual by collectivism and statism.

  • The Election of 1988

    • In the 1984 presidential election, the Democrats had nominated Walter Mondale, a traditional New Deal-type liberal as their candidate.

  • The Transformed South

    • Historian Walter Lynwood Fleming ideas are a typical example of the conservative interpretation of Reconstruction.

  • Settling the Southern Colonies

    • The name "Virginia" was first applied by Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth I in 1584, when Raleigh established a colony on the island of Roanoke off the coast of Virginia.

  • Theodore Roosevelt and Race

    • Roosevelt had also appointed numerous African Americans to federal office, such as Walter L.