With Veteran's Day yesterday, at least one area newspaper took the opportunity to remember when veterans have come to the U.S. Capitol in protest.

In 1783, veterans of the Revolutionary War stormed the capital in Philadelphia demanding back pay, forcing Congress to flee. In 1932, 45,000 veterans of World War I marched on Washington demanding immediate payment of bonuses not due until 1945. Although the veterans were peaceful, their camps in downtown Washington was unnerving for politicians. President Herbert Hoover ordered the camps cleared, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur famously drove the veterans out "using bayonets, tanks and tear gas."

Marchers returned again in 1934 and 1935, and Congress eventually relented and paid the bonuses as a response to the marches and the death of 250 veterans in a work camp in Floria.

The photo shows the burning shantytown during Gen. MacArthur's "clearance."