“America the Beautiful”

Cultural  

1. An American patriotic hymn from the nineteenth century. It begins, “O beautiful for spacious skies.”

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Example Sentences

It snowed hard all day on the nineteenth of March, but everyone in Ikuma was waiting on Yukon Street when our school band gathered in front of the Gem Café and welcomed the first drivers with "God Bless America" and "America the Beautiful."

From Literature

Sure, we also got Brandi Carlile singing “America the Beautiful” and Charlie Puth, one of the least objectionable people in showbiz, performing the National Anthem.

From Salon

Before kickoff Sunday, Charlie Puth performed a slick, yacht-rock-style rendition of the national anthem for which he accompanied himself on Rhodes electric piano, and Brandi Carlile sang “America the Beautiful” with help from her frequent collaborators SistaStrings on violin and cello.

From Los Angeles Times

And country star Brandi Carlile is confirmed to perform America the Beautiful.

From BBC

Brandi Carlile will sing “America the Beautiful” and Grammy-winning artist Coco Jones will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also before the game.

From Los Angeles Times