Local Guardsman serves at 60th Presidential Inauguration

Army National Guardsman Joseph English poses in front of the United States Capitol building earlier this month. English was in Washington, DC to help with the Presidential Inauguration. Photo provided by Shawna English.
Army National Guardsman Joseph English poses in front of the United States Capitol building earlier this month. English was in Washington, DC to help with the Presidential Inauguration. Photo provided by Shawna English.

The thermometer in Washington, DC, read 27 degrees by noon on Jan. 20, according to “Inauguration Day Weather” on weather.gov.

But it couldn’t keep the spirits of Pottawatomie County resident and Oklahoma Guardsman Joseph “J.D.” English down as he served at the 60th Presidential Inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.

One memory that English recalls fondly is “standing on Pennsylvania Ave., swell…