america the beautiful

     

"America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song. It is the American national hymn, as oppose to "The Star-Spangled Banner", which is the national anthem of the United States of America.

Trivia about america the beautiful

  • In 1893 Latharine Lee Bates wrote of "purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain" in this song
  • This song mentions "purple mountain majesties"
  • Its last line is "And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!"
  • "O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife"
  • The second verse of this classic American song begins, "O beautiful for pilgrim feet"
  • "O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain..."
  • A view from Pikes Peak inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write the words to this patriotic song