WASHINGTON — It’s possible there was a typo in the order. One letter can make all the difference.
Law enforcement.
Or was it lawn enforcement?
For a squad of National Guardsmen deployed by President Donald Trump to downtown Washington, D.C., it appeared to be the latter.
Armed with shovels, rakes and a leaf blower, they established a beachhead in McPherson Square, just north of the White House on a recent late summer morning. They shoveled wood chips, raked them smooth and blew leaves and debris from sidewalks beneath the statue of Civil War hero Brig. Gen. James McPherson astride his horse. A few tourists ambled through the 1.6-acre park under the shade of an ancient red oak.
