https://www.mallhistory.org/files/original/15f7135052ca25c35490ff1f689135fc.gif 979b02afa8cafcbeee36e25a341765ab People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. First Name for nav purposes Eric Last Name for nav purposes Carlson Birth Date 1894 Birthplace Oakland, California Death Date 08/02/1932 Occupation Military Activist Biographical Text The Bonus March was a protest and occupation of the National Mall by World War I veterans who were demanding pensions. Lack of work because of the Great Depression made the need for pensions particularly pressing. Nearly 43,000 participated in the protest. Some camped on the Mall or nearby, while others occupied government-owned buildings near the Mall. <br /><br />On July 28, 1932, Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans be removed from the Mall and their other camps. Resistance to police pressure led to an outbreak of violence. Many were injured, but Carlson was mortally wounded and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/407">William Hushka</a> was killed. When police action proved insufficient to remove the protesters, Army Chief of Staff <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/115">Douglas MacArthur </a>brought soldiers onto the Mall, supported by six tanks, to remove the remaining demonstrators and burn their shelters and belongings. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eric Carlson Description An account of the resource World War I US Army veteran Eric Carlson joined the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/169">1932 Bonus March</a> to seek early payment of pension money promised veterans by the government. He was shot during a confrontation between marchers and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/106">DC police</a>, who were trying to evict the marchers from their campsites. Another marcher, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/407">William Hushka</a> was also shot and died instantly; Carlson died from his wounds  within a week of being shot, on the same day that Hushka was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Carlson was also buried at Arlington. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1920-1949 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96500547/">View original photograph</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eric Carlson politics & protest