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The Surprising Origins of America’s Best-Loved, Most Misunderstood Song

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This July 22 marks the 132nd anniversary of the day in 1893 when the first stanzas of the popular anthem “America the Beautiful” were written in Colorado by Katharine Lee Bates, a Massachusetts-born poet, scholar and social justice advocate.
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The Surprising Origins of America’s Best-Loved, Most Misunderstood Song

This July 22 marks the 132nd anniversary of the day in 1893 when the first stanzas of the popular anthem “America the Beautiful” were written in Colorado by Katharine Lee Bates, a Massachusetts-born poet, scholar and social justice advocate.

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