We mark the birthday of Katharine Lee Bates, the author of the poem, "America the Beautiful." She was a writer, teacher, anti-war activist and campaigner for women, immigrants, African Americans and ...

One mild October evening in 2001, my ABC News pals Kayce and Peter Jennings hosted a party in their elegant New York apartment to celebrate the book I’d just published, a history of the song, “America ...

It barely cracked the R&B chart in 1972. Now it plays at every Super Bowl.

On July 4, 1895 — 130 years ago today — Wellesley College English professor Katharine Lee Bates published a poem inspired by a cross-country railroad trip and a climb to the top of Pikes Peak in ...

Katharine Lee Bates was born on Aug. 12, 1859. Celebrating Katharine Lee Bates, author of 'America the Beautiful,' on her birthday We mark the birthday of Katharine Lee Bates, the author of the poem, ...