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"from purple mountains' majesty was written when Bates was visitng colorado springs –America the Beautiful
"America the Beautiful" is a patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates, and the music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two never met.
Bates originally wrote the words as a poem, "Pikes Peak", first published in the Fourth of Julyedition of the church periodical The Congregationalist in 1895. At that time, the poem was titled "America" for publica