America the Beautiful: - The Fourth's other spirit: crowning its good with charity

The Fourth's other spirit: crowning its good with charity
Christian Science Monitor - The original four-stanza version of "America the Beautiful" was first printed 111 years ago on July 4, 1895. Set to music, the song soared into public popularity during World War I. "America the Beautiful" commends itself as a national anthem for the

Take your kids to the mountaintop
Mineral Wells Index - I took the family to Colorado Springs this summer. I feel it is every American s duty to ascend Pike s Peak with his offspring at least once. After all, Katherine Lee Bates, a school teacher, sat on top and wrote America the Beautiful. She

Jazz for three nights in Cuyahoga Valley
Akron Beacon Journal - America the Beautiful -- The Cuyahoga Valley park's M.D. Garage will host an exhibit of paintings of America the Beautiful by the Crooked River Gang, a group of local painters, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show will continue from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m

Larson honored at Knapp Alumni reunion
Dunn County News - Larson, America the Beautiful and (Poem) Knapp s Mr. George B. Larson. Richards then mailed a copy of the CD to classmate Lamar Keck, who lives in California. Keck added pictures and music to it to create a DVD. With popular country

On the side, 7/11
Denver Post - About 200 singers will belt out "America the Beautiful" from the summit of Pikes Peak at sunrise Friday to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Zebulon Pike's historic expedition to the West. "America the Beautiful" was written by Katharine Lee

PIKES PEAK CELEBRATES 200 YEARS ON AMERICA'S MAP
Monterey County Herald - The views at the summit inspired Katherine Lee Bates in 1893 to write the lyrics to ''America the Beautiful.'' ''It's like a beacon on the plains,'' said Barb French-Pfeifer, an interpretive park ranger on Pikes Peak. ''It still has that mystique and