I’ll Keep this short and sweet.
Massachusetts sent about 500 National Guard troops to Washington, DR.
Some of the oldest units in the Guard itself — two can trace their lineage back to the Old North Bridge. This was intentional.
I have linked the story below, but the General said something to the troops at their sendoff that should give us all pause.
"I said, 'I'm sorry I have to actually ask you to kind of leave your families again and head down to our nation's capital because our country is so broken right now, we have to defend the Constitution.'"
Hundreds of National Guard troops leave Massachusetts for Washington