“America the Beautiful” has been proposed as an alternate U.S. national anthem to “The Star-Spangled Banner” by people who consider the latter to be too “warlike” or “triumphalist” or simply too difficult to sing. As such, it is sometimes played instead of the official anthem at such occasions as U.S. presidential inaugurations, military commemorations, and sports events. The song has... https://www.britannica.com/t