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AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE.
Katherine L. Bates, "America the Beautiful"
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God,
For our country we give thanks.
For our country we give thanks.
For spacious skies and amber waves of grain,
We give thanks.
For Maine lobsters, Iowa corn, and Hawaiian pineapple,
We give thanks.
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For West Virginia coal,
Oregon lumber, and Oklahoma oil,
For West Virginia coal,
Oregon lumber, and Oklahoma oil,
We give thanks.
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. For religious freedom and for faith unbound,
We give thanks.
.For blessings and hope beyond compare,
We give thanks.
For America the beautiful,
We give thanks.
May you always shed your grace on our country.
Amen and amen.
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From the book NO ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES
by Patrick J. McLaughlin
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