{"exhibit":{"title":"Why did protesters camp on the Mall?","description":"<p>In 1932, the Bonus Army was the first major protest group to camp on the Mall. These World War I veterans fought for many years to collect a pay bonus promised to them and camped in Washington to keep this issue in front of Congress for more than a day. In the 1960s and 1970s, encampments became more common. Each group camped to raise public awareness of specific economic, political, and social problems, but few resulted in policy changes the demonstrators wanted. Often disruptive, each encampment succeeded in challenging government authority over how and why citizens could bring their concerns to the government on the Mall and other public spaces.<\/p>","credits":"","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"mall-encampments","added":"2013-04-11 10:50:18","modified":"2014-09-02 14:56:09","owner_id":5,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null,"id":26},"item":{"item_type_id":8,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2013-03-07 11:51:57","modified":"2015-09-08 16:48:30","owner_id":5,"id":242}}