Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Social distancing is not new. Some churches allowed slaves and free blacks to attend church services during and after slavery. I believe balconies were born for separation. Restrooms and water fountains were separated in many areas. I learned that in Colonial Williamsburg when I started employment in 1958. Also, the Naval Weapons Station in 1965, in locker rooms and many buildings.

Mask mandate is not new. Sometime around 1866 a cult was formed, KKK, that required masks to belong, masks on judges, law enforcement, doctors, lawyers, county leaders, masks on offspring, horses, dogs, hogs, ducks and geese.

Franklin Roosevelt LemonArk, Va.
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