America The Beautiful Ornament

America The Beautiful Ornament.  This beautiful ornament features a hand painted design that is painted on the inside.  Celebrating the majestic mountains of America this ornament is presented in a velvet box for a lovely gift.

The song, “America the Beautiful,” was based on a poem written by the professor, poet, and writer, Katharine Lee Bates, during an 1893 trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado. When she got to the top of Pike’s Peak, the view was so beautiful that it inspired her to write, “All the wonder of America seemed displayed there, with the sea-like expanse.”

The poem that Bates wrote first appeared in print in The Congregationalist, a weekly journal, on July 4, 1895. Within a few months, it was set to music by Silas G. Pratt. Bates revised the song in 1904, after receiving many requests to use the song in publications and special services. An additional change was made to the wording of the third verse in 1913 to give us the version we know today. The song is considered by some to be the country’s unofficial national anthem.

• Glass
• 3″
• Gifted Boxed

All of these Hand Made ornaments are made in small villages and benefit the local people of these communities. The US design team focuses on the highest quality earth friendly materials and workmanship.