America the Beautiful: - West BR celebrates 200 years

West BR celebrates 200 years
Baton Rouge Advocate - Members of the West Baton Rouge Parish Choir sing under the direction of Claudette Purnell while performing America The Beautiful during a Bicentennial Historic Marker ceremony held Saturday at Heroes Plaza in Port Allen. Choir members, from

San Juan River is focus of Ball's newest exhibit
Herald-Dispatch - In "America the Beautiful," it sings of "spacious skies" and "purple mountain majesties." When Huntington resident Jeff Ball lays eyes on that glory, he can't help but sing his own song, capturing that moment through a camera lens and sharing it with

President Ford's casket heads to Andrews Air Force Base
KESQ News - At the airport, the ceremony continued with a rendition of "America the Beautiful" as the casket was loaded into the plane. Ford died Tuesday at age 93. He became president when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal, but was

Immigrant s dreams become reality on Big John
Navy Times - 3rd Class (SW/AW) Tonya Emilien sings along with a video of Lee Greenwood performing God Bless the U.S.A. during a naturalization ceremony in the hanger bay of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy on Friday. Emilien also sang America the Beautiful as

America the Beautiful: - A Virtual College of Grammy Knowledge

A Virtual College of Grammy Knowledge
Entertainment Weekly Online - This sadly incomplete list begins with the 1971 winner (for Gary McFarland's America the Beautiful) and ends in 1999 (Madonna's Ray of Light) which almost makes sense, since truly awesome album cover design seems to have ended with the demise of

Mourners bid goodbye to World War I vet
Boston Globe - SWAMPSCOTT -- The casket of the last surviving World War I veteran in Massachusetts rolled out of St. John the Evangelist Church today accompanied by a six-man honor guard as mourners sang a somber rendition of "America the Beautiful." Outside the

Flemington High School alumni rally in Florida
Bridgeton News - nostalgic format installed by our late friend Walt Robinson -- a close encounter with one of our well-remembered high school assemblies, the pledge of allegiance, an opening prayer given by Bob Trautman ('56) and the singing of America the Beautiful

San Juan River is focus of Ball's newest exhibit
Herald-Dispatch - In "America the Beautiful," it sings of "spacious skies" and "purple mountain majesties." When Huntington resident Jeff Ball lays eyes on that glory, he can't help but sing his own song, capturing that moment through a camera lens and sharing it with

Retired Marine backs president
Vacaville Reporter - I am a black American and retired U.S. Marine who loves this America the beautiful. I need to express my love and understanding about the commander in chief of these United States, our president, George Bush. He has not made all the right decision