Poet and Wellesley College scholar Katharine Lee Bates, who wrote "America the Beautiful," in 1895. (Courtesy John de Graaf) "O beautiful for heroes proved/In liberating strife ..." These words from ...
I enjoyed Rohan Preston’s article about the challenges singers face when performing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” (“O say can you sing the national anthem?” July 4.) The wide vocal range can be a ...
Cool, calm and collected Carrie. Carrie Underwood experienced a major snafu at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Monday. The “American Idol” winner, 41, sang “America the Beautiful” at the ...