America the Beautiful

I sang this song over and over to myself many times while cycling through America over the last month. I am so grateful to live in the USA. After seeing so many beautiful parts of America from a bicycle, these words bring tears to my eyes on this special holiday.

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!