July 4, 1963
Tuesday, chilly and windy, 50's. Mary Ann here for dinner. Carol played and marched in school band in Grand Gorges in pm. We all went over. David went to work. We went to fireworks at Grand Gorge at night with Wayne and Linda but didn't stay. Girls stayed at Renz's with Roberta to see fireworks and stayed all night at LaVerne's.
Comment: Independence Day celebrations but kind of a miserable, chilly day. Have no memory of the fireworks... America The Beautiful: by Ray Charles
America The Beautiful, Ray Charles
"America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and the music composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward.
Bates originally wrote the words as a poem, Pikes Peak, first published in the Fourth of July edition of the church periodical The Congregationalist in 1895. At that time, the poem was titled America for publication.
Ward had originally written the music, Materna, for the 19th century hymn O Mother dear, Jerusalem in 1882. Ward's music combined with the Bates poem was first published in 1910 and titled America the Beautiful.
The song is one of the most beloved and popular of the many American patriotic songs.[1] From time to time it has been proposed as a replacement for The Star-Spangled Banner as the National Anthem.
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