"O beautiful..."
"...for spacious skies..."
That's the first line of a poem written by Katherine Lee Bates in 1893, as she traveled by train to Colorado Springs, and then to the top of Pikes Peak. Her poem became a patriotic song,
"America the Beautiful", that many people have wanted as a replacement for "The Star Spangled Banner" as the National Anthem.
This picture was taken from the Cog Rail train, near the summit of Pikes Peak (a "Fourteener" at 14,115 feet, 4302 m), supposedly the view that inspired Bates' poem.
"O beautiful..."
"...for spacious skies..."
That's the first line of a poem written by Katherine Lee Bates in 1893, as she traveled by train to Colorado Springs, and then to the top of Pikes Peak. Her poem became a patriotic song,
"America the Beautiful", that many people have wanted as a replacement for "The Star Spangled Banner" as the National Anthem.
This picture was taken from the Cog Rail train, near the summit of Pikes Peak (a "Fourteener" at 14,115 feet, 4302 m), supposedly the view that inspired Bates' poem.