Your Sentinel News, Decoration Day 200531

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Decoration Day Memorial Day, originally Decoration Day was first celebrated on May 30, 1868. It was celebrated on that day for 100 years until 1968 when congress passed the 'Uniform Monday Holiday Act' designating the last Monday in May as Memorial day. I still consider May 30 as the day for celebration and as I write this part of my piece it is May 30. The day was created to honor the fallen during war. Joyce's mother once said, "The army shouldn't send young men into battles and get them killed, they should send us old people." 40-50 year-old men could handle combat and would have enough stamina to do the job. Young 18 year-old men can be broken down mentally and be reprogrammed during training to follow any order no matter how senseless it may be. 40-50 year-old men will question the validity of following an order that will cost lives in an obviously flawed operation.	Social Distance I want to give a shout out to Aldi's grocery stores. Our local store along with others are opening a half hour early on Tuesdays and Thursdays for seniors and those with compromised health problems. We were in there at 8:30 AM did our shopping and were out the door at 9:00. There were just 4 others in the store so we could keep our distance easily. Checkout was fast and that kept the line from building up. We are thankful for that kind gesture from Aldi.	Dictators The dictator's path is always the same, be it Hitler or Mussolini or Eardogan of Turkey or Maduro of Venezuela. Show up late make the crowd wait appear on stage filled with rage create an enemy for all to see scream out loud work the crowd fill them with lies put fear in their eyes stand back and grin when you draw them in light the flame but never take the blame when everything falls apart hop on a plane and depart.