The spacious skies that moved Katharine Lee Bates to begin writing a poem she would call “America the Beautiful,” while ...

Colorado’s “purple mountain majesties” didn’t make the cut, apparently. But here’s why red, white, blue and gold did.

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 ...

and poet Katharine Lee Bates, who was inspired by a trip to Colorado to dash off a poem she had no idea would eventually ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1893, Wellesley College teacher Katharine Lee Bates was so moved by the "purple mountain majesties" she witnessed from a summer picnic ...

It was originally written by Katharine Lee Bates as a poem called "Pikes Peak". It was later put to a hymn by Samual A. Ward. The combination of Ward's melody and Bates's poem was first entitled ...

Wearing a cream colored dress as she sang from The Caitol Rotunda, Underwood belted out the tune, originally written by Katharine Lee Bates, after Trump took his oath of office. Many took to ...

With Super Bowl LIX finally kicking off, here is the spectacular performance of "America the Beautiful" by Lauren Daigle and Trombone Shorty ...