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Related: About this forumOn this day, July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful."
Fri Jul 22, 2022: On this day, July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful."
She wrote that in one day?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_22
1893 Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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On this day, July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful." (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2023
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niyad
(130,454 posts)1. The view of the Peak is one that I get to see every day, barring cloud cover.
Agree with many that it should be the national anthem, not the militaristic and racist current one.
doc03
(38,930 posts)2. "America the Beautiful" should be the national anthem.. nt
Walleye
(44,040 posts)3. And Ray Charles took it for his own. There's no more beautiful rendition
His performance on that gives me chills.
