Yes. Also have backup plans incase DC/VA/MD go to total lockdown as far as your accommodations.
Tent camping available on the Mall. Damn cold, but available through NPS if waiving certain... rules. And don’t want a repeat of what the demonrat military did to the Bonus Marchers, and which FDR never paid to WWI vets. Should be better organized and yes— armed.
And Bowser— arrested and her Metro PD leadership screened and oversight command of the Washington Military District. Deputized Marshals.