"A Continuation of a Long-Standing Tradition"

"The Army chief of staff at this point, by an unfortunate accident of history, was Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Accompanied by Dwight Eisenhower and George Patton, MacArthur led his soldiers onto Pennsylvania Avenue just as government workers were leaving work and pouring out onto the street. The workers assumed this was a military parade. They lined the sidewalks and applauded their troops. The veterans thought the same thing. So they came out of their buildings and waved their own regimental banners and battle flags and applauded.
"Then, suddenly, the parade stopped and the soldiers charged."

Alan Brinkley on Politico compares Occupy Wall Street with the 1932 Bonus Army.