National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.

Governor Jeff Landry announced the approval of deploying the Louisiana National Guard to Washington, D.C. on Monday.

ST. BERNARD PARISH — Before being elevated by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, the slave-owning new namesake of the state’s largest National Guard training facility was at best a footnote in history, according to a review of what few documents are available to trace his background.