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Patriotism 8 - America the Beautiful Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/16/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

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Geocache Description:

Easy 1.5 mile (one way) walking trail through palmetto scrub. Not suitable for your bike; mostly sugarsand.

Cache placement approved by Martin Morse, park service specialist. Obey all speed limits. Do not block gates. All wheels off the pavement.


The lyrics to this beautiful song were written by Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), a professor of English literature at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, after an inspiring trip to the top of Pikes Peak, Colorado in 1893. Her poem, "America the Beautiful" first appeared in print in The Congregationalist, a weekly journal, on July 4, 1895. Ms. Bates revised the lyrics in 1904 and again in 1913. "America the Beautiful" is sung to the music “Materna” by Samuel A. Ward. America the Beautiful O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassion'd stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law. O beautiful for heroes prov'd In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life. America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine. O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears. America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.

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