I have traveled the broad expanses of this beautiful nation we call America and have seen and enjoyed this country that I call home. On this July 4th birthday, I would like to celebrate by adding photos to the words of the song “America the Beautiful“, which was written by American Poet Katharine Lee Bates. All photography by David “Sumoflam” Kravetz
Katharine Lee Bates
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Sunrise over Keller, TexasBadlands of South Dakota
Oh Beautiful, for Spacious Skies
Spacious Skies over South DakotaSpacious Skies over the Grand Canyon in Arizona
For Amber Waves of Grain
Amber Waves of Grain near Shelby, MontanaAmber Waves of Grain near Bloomington, Illinois
For purple mountain majesties
Purple Mountain Majesties – Sawtooth range in Central IdahoPurple Mountain Majesties – near Glacier Bay, Alaska
Above the fruited plain
Above the Fruited Plain – Central Idaho
America!
Monument Valley, UtahWisconsin FarmlandEmpire State Building – New York
America!
Buffalo in southern MontanaSt. Louis ArchMultnomah Falls in Oregon
God shed His grace on thee,
Grand Rapids, MichiganRexburg, IdahoSomewhere in Kansas
And crown thy good,
Cincinnati at nightAgave in Sedona, ArizonaOld Schoolhouse near Havre, Montana
With Brotherhood
Independence Hall, PhiladelphiaNational Cemetery, Lebanon, KentuckyPioneer brotherhood – Pioneer Memorial, Omaha, NebraskaMt. Rushmore – South DakotaBrotherhood – Lexington, KY July 4, 2009
From Sea
Atlantic Ocean at Hilton Head, South Carolina
to Shining Sea
Pacific Ocean near Reedsport, Oregon
May we celebrate this day as we enjoy our freedom and our liberty…..
Freedom
Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaFlag of FreedomWestern Ohio
LIBERTY
Statue of Liberty and Twin Towers, Dec. 1990Flag Bench, Kadoka, SDLiberty Bell – Philadelphia – Let Freedom Ring
