America the Beautiful
Author(s): Katharine Lee Bates
Genre(s): Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)
Narrators: Bruce Kachuk, Curtis R., Keith Emanuel, Kerry Adams, KevinS, Lee Ann Howlett, Larry Wilson, LaurieB, LeeSalter, Mark Dykshoorn, Mleigh, RajVO
Number of Chapters: 12
Length: 21 minutes
Language: English
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 3, 2022.
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In honor of The United States' 246th birthday on July 4th. Bates wrote the words as a poem originally entitled "Pikes Peak". It was first published in the Fourth of July 1895 edition of the church periodical, The Congregationalist. It was at that time that the poem was first entitled "America". - Summary by TriciaG & Wikipedia