America the Beautiful

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the inspiration of “America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates, 1859-1929. Following her visit to this Summit on July 22, 1893. Dedicated July 4, 1993 by Hank Brown, United States Senator. Lon Young, Colorado Springs Vice-Mayor; City Council Members Mary Lou Makepeace, Randall W.B. Purvis, Lisa Are, David S. White, Cheryl Gillespie, Larry Small, and John Hazelhurst. A Gift to Pike National Forest and Colorado Springs from Costas Rombocos for his Love of this Country and of Pike’s Peak. Sculpted and cast by Matthews International Cor., Copyright 1993.