Summary: Paul Harvey shares a short speech from his radio program, News and Commentary named “America the Beautiful”. His speech was inspired by the poem written by Katherine Bates. Samuel A. Ward composed the music to accompany the poem and was first published in 1910 as “America the Beautiful”. Accompanying this podcast is an article that provides the backstory about the poem and song. From the Library of Congress is a 1953 recording of the music played by the U.S. Marines Marching Band.
