Summer Tastes Like Lightning

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Decimation Day

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Doug Stanton
Aug 15, 2025
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Each fall, we have the mass die-off. The word “decimate” comes back into fashion. Do you know what it means? In the Roman days, in the Legion, the leader would capture enemy forces and “decimate” them.

This meant they were captured, lined up and counted off, and every 10th man stepped forward and his throat was cut.

“D…

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