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“America the Beautiful”

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


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A Chinese military band played tunes such as “America the Beautiful” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

She encouraged everyone in the room to participate as she sang “America the Beautiful” entirely a cappella.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square performed “America the Beautiful” at Trump’s first inauguration in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

As they stood around waiting, they held wineglasses and sang “America the Beautiful” and “God Bless the USA.”

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2024

America’s patriotic song “America the Beautiful” invokes our spacious skies, our amber waves of grain, from sea to shining sea.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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