Happy Fourth of July to America the Beautiful

July 4, 2008


The lyrics for the song "America the Beautiful" were wrotten by Katherine Lee Bates, an instructor at Wellesley College following a trip to the top of Pikes Peak, Colorado in 1893. Those of us in Southern California know that we live in a beautiful country and the song describes our land.


O beautiful for spacious skies,


For amber waves of grain,


For purple mountains majesties


Above the fruited plain!





America! America!


God shed his grace on thee,


And crown thy good with brotherhood


From sea to shining sea!





For those of you who might want to know more about this lovely hymn, you can go to Wikipedia.com