"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!" John sings "America The Beatutiful," 1995. The original poem, "America," penned in 1893 by poet and activist Katharine Lee Bates from a vantage point atop Pikes Peak in Colorado, offers aspirations for all this beautiful nation can be. #July4th #4thofJuly #IndependenceDay #AmericaTheBeautiful #JohnDenver #RememberJohnDenver