Katharine Lee Bates - America the Beautiful Park, Colorado Springs, CO
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ronjean
N 38° 49.815 W 104° 49.942
13S E 514550 N 4297952
The famous song is on a plaque in a park with a view of the mountain where it was inspired, Pikes Peak.
Waymark Code: WM905C
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2010
Views: 17
The song's two verses:
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties,
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shinig sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty in law!
It's well known by the locals here that the author was inspired by a trip to the summit of 14,415-ft Pikes Peak and was overwhelmed by what she saw. On returning to her hotel room in the resort town of Colorado Springs, she penned the words to the inspirational song.
Address:
126 Cimino Drive,
Colorado Springs, CO
North end of the park by a children's playground
Website: Not listed
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