It was 1932. Hoover had dispatched the military to break up a camp of World War I veterans who had massed to demand immediate payment of a bonus they had been promised for serving.

Herbert Hoover Dike fares well during two hurricanes. The dike dates back to the '30s and is a 143-mile structure surrounding Lake Okeechobee.

In 1932, Hoover's attack on the Bonus Army awakened America to his heartlessness. Will Trump's New York rally do the same? Hiltzik: How Herbert Hoover's blunder got FDR elected - Los Angeles Times ...

Herbert Hoover, in a suit and hat, stands with three relief workers with sacks of flour, ... President Hoover ordered the U.S. Army to clear the demonstrators out of the national capital.

On July 28, things came to a head. D.C. officials, under pressure from President Herbert Hoover, ordered the city police to begin evicting remaining members of the Bonus Army.

An 18-year, $1.5 billion project to repair the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee, designed to protect the communities in the area from devastating flooding, is now complete.

The Herbert Hoover Dike project overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was completed three years ahead of schedule and at a savings of $300 million over the original cost estimate, officials ...

The Army Corps of Engineers says it's ready for hurricane season, ... 34-foot-high Herbert Hoover Dike will not be a concern going into hurricane seasons in the near future.

Hoover then went on to lead the Commission for Relief in Belgium and provided food and aid for nearly 10 million people whose country had been overrun by the German army. Following Hoover's ...