Right, I hadn't linked that in. That was a sad day in U.S. history, though by modern standards the troops were positively restrained and cordial. -Declan On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 04:50:29AM +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote:

Declan hypothesized:

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This is amazing. If anything like this was even attempted in DC, we'd have dozens of federal agencies, and perhaps armed troops, converging on the U.S. Capitol.

-Declan

Something was attempted like that in DC -- The Bonus Marchers in 1932. And although there weren't as many federal agencies back then, the armed troops did show, including Patton, Eisenhower, MacArthur, cavalry, and some tanks.