Capital News Service – The Maryland National Guard briefed state lawmakers today on Gov. Larry Hogan’s June deployment of troops to the nation’s capital during the civil unrest ignited by the death of George Floyd.

Brig. Gen. Adam Flasch said during a virtual meeting with members of the Joint Committee on Federal Relations that the Maryland Guard’s five-day mission to protect national monuments in Washington, D.C., was “successful” and that interactions with civilians in the capital were “largely positive.”

The federal government paid $546,360 to have 116 Maryland Guard troops stationed around three monuments — the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the World War II Memorial and the Washington Monument — from June 2 through June 6, Flasch said. The state of Maryland incurred no costs.

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