Author Sharon McMahon explained how Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem “America the Beautiful” and how it became a popular song in American history.

Colorado’s “purple mountain majesties” didn’t make the cut, apparently. But here’s why red, white, blue and gold did.

Karen Olcott of Falmouth accepted a posthumous award on behalf of Katharine Lee Bates at the 2025 New England Music Hall of ...

In 1893, Wellesley College teacher Katharine Lee Bates was so moved ... That poem later became the lyrics for "America The Beautiful." Bates' stirring paean to the grandeur of America was in ...