Here's everything you need to know about what's happening, by state: Massachusetts Massachusetts announced Thursday that Gov. Charlie Baker has approved an order that will activate up to 500 National Guard personnel for deployment to Washington, D.C., to support the inaugural activities. They are expected to deploy in the coming days. "We've had -- and I would imagine this is true for many states -- we have had an ask from Washington to support a fairly significant request for guard personnel in our nation's capital and we're currently processing that," Baker had said Wednesday. The governor said Massachusetts could have declined the request if it felt it needed the Guard members here at home. But he said the request was for "an eminently manageable number" so that ultimately wasn't necessary.