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 ...

I’ve always disliked our national anthem, with its heavy emphasis on bombs, battles, and “the rockets’ red glare.” I much prefer the sweeter sentiments of ‘America the Beautiful,’ which focuses on the ...

“America/Beautiful” is one of the most ambitious and stunning musical expressions about the United States in our time. I stumbled upon the project in the spring of 2023 when researching one of the ...

Tell us who you would like to hear take on the patriotic tune next year at the big game. By Denise Warner From the national anthem to the halftime show, the Super Bowl – to be held this February in ...

Katherine Lee Bates’ greatest hope in life was to write a poem that people would remember after she died. Soon, 133 years later, millions of people across the United States will sing “America the ...