The poem that inspired the song, America the Beautiful, is 130 years old today, and despite the threats to democracy, it resonates more than ever. At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas ...

America the Beautiful: Quotation by Katharine Lee Bates at the Veterans Memorial in Memorial Park, Provo, Utah. Credit: Wikimedia Commons One mild October evening in 2001, my ABC News pals Kayce and ...

Patriotic poet Katharine Lee Bates was born and raised on Cape Cod, a narrow wisp of seaside sand where the only elevation comes from dunes that shift with wind and tide. Later a professor at ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Sharon McMahon explained how Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem and how it became a popular song across the country. Author Sharon McMahon ...

Poet and Wellesley College scholar Katharine Lee Bates, who wrote "America the Beautiful," in 1895. (Courtesy John de Graaf) "O beautiful for heroes proved/In liberating strife ..." These words from ...

America’s natural wonders provide places of restoration, reinvention and triumph — where author Cheryl Strayed found healing hiking the enchanted Pacific Crest Trail, Theodore Roosevelt cultivated a ...

WASHINGTON - An awkward few moments at Donald Trump’s inauguration turned into a powerful performance as the attendees joined Carrie Underwood to sing ‘America the Beautiful.’ The country music star ...

As the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles warmed up before kickoff, singer Lauren Daigle took to the field to perform “America the Beautiful.” Although many looked to the Super Bowl to ...