May 24, 2025 Issue, Page 10 of 14

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10• SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025 The Elk City News honoring the veterans who lost their lives in battle. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. THE RED POPPY We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie A symbol of sacrifice In Flanders fields. In 1915, Lieutenant Colonel John Mc- Take up our quarrel with the foe: Crae, a Canadian physician and poet, To you from failing hands we throw penned a now-famous poem titled “In The torch; be yours to hold it high. “There Is A Difference” Flanders Fields” after he saw bright red If ye break faith with us who die poppies sprouting among the graves of We shall not sleep, though poppies Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. Allied troops buried in Europe during grow World War I. The flower has since In Flanders fields. ELK CITY: 2714 W. 3rd St. • 102 S. 580-225-2580 Main St.•580.225.2580 https//www.fnbec.bank become a symbol of remembrance, – John McCrae, 1872-1918 SAYRE: 711 NE Highway 66 • 580-928-2580   $
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