The soldiers and airmen stood at the back of the black minivan, arming themselves — with black garbage bags and red-handled trash pickers — and headed for the park around the recreation center.
For the Washington, D.C., contingent of the National Guard deployed to the nation's capital, it marked their 119th beautification project since the unit was called up in August as part of President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement intervention. Their work has included cleaning graffiti in parks, picking up trash and refurbishing a recreation center. There are plans to help a school reading program in an often overlooked area of the city.
