On a holiday visit to Washington, DC on Saturday, strolling in and out of cafes, walking by Christmas displays in and around shops, enjoying the cold air in my face... Not thinking about where in DC we were, we suddenly turned a corner and ran into a memorial. It was a recent memorial. It was the impromptu memorial for the West Virginia National Guard member who was killed in an ambush less than two weeks earlier.
There were few reminders of the Trump Administration’s deployment of the National Guard to Washington that day, and I had completely forgotten how close we were to the location of the shooting, near Farragut Square Park, just a few blocks from The White House. However, there it was... a large, wreath-framed photo of the slain U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, along with more photos of her and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who was also shot but did not die. There were many, many other flowers and United States flags too.
Ironically, President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, was in response to crime being “out of control” in Washington, but this shooting was one of the worst and most visible murders in the District, especially since it was one that obviously targeted National Guard members, stationed near a near subway station.
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