For three months now, the National Guard has been patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Trump’s effort to reduce crime in cities across the country.

The deployment has been controversial (some blue dot Democrats despise anyone in uniform), but it’s been effective. Former Breitbart News reporter Kristina Wong, now a spokeswoman for the Department of War, posted on November 27, “Crime HAS gone down. A nearby street is no longer covered in glass from car break-ins every weekend. Gangs of masked men on bikes in a nearby alley no longer hang out there. I feel safe again.”

So, we can thank all the men and women of the National Guard, even as we especially bless the memory of Sarah Beckstrom, who gave her country her all when she was just 20 years ol

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