Brockway encourages its students to participate in the essay contest. Some of the writers submit every year, but others wait until a topic connects with them. Bryner drew on family history to create ...

The Town of Falmouth will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with Lyrics and Lanterns, an afternoon and evening filled with history, music and reflection on Sunday, April ...

The ceremony will begin with an interpretation of Katharine Lee Bates’ “America the Beautiful.” Old North’s choir will sing other patriotic hymns, including Abraham Wood’s “A Hymn on ...

“From Sea to Shining Sea” explores the life of Ms. Bates, poet, professor and social reformer, beginning with her childhood in Falmouth. Best known for authoring “America the Beautiful ...

Ever since I was a young boy (many, many years ago, about 60) I would get a proud tear in my eye whenever we sang “America, the Beautiful” in school, church or wherever. The words hold power ...