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Coxey's Army
1894 protest march on Washington, DC / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey. They marched on Washington, D.C., in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history at the time. Officially named the Army of the Commonwealth in Christ, its nickname came from its leader and was more enduring. It was the first significant popular protest march on Washington, and the expression "Enough food to feed Coxey's Army" originates from this march.
Not to be confused with Cox's Army, a 1932 protest march to Washington, D.C.
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