"AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL
“America the Beautiful” Centennial
Memorial
at the Summit of Pikes Peak
Unveiled by
Senator Hank Brown
July 4, 1993
Fabulous Fourth Celebration
Memorial Park - Colorado Springs
Dedicated by
John Fowler, President, Chamber of Commerce
October 5, 1993
Summit of Pikes Peak – 14,110 feet
 | Unveiling at Memorial Park
Unveiling of the “America the Beautiful” Centennial Memorial on July 4, 1993, at the Fabulous Fourth celebration with the Colorado Springs Symphony. Costas Rombocos, the plaque’s donor, is at left and U.S. Senator Hank Brown is on the right. The news media reported 85,000 people in attendance.
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 | Unveiling at the Summit
The unveiling of the “America the Beautiful” Centennial Memorial at the summit of Pikes Peak October 5, 1993. The 8’x4’ bronze plaque designates the site where Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write the words to “America the Beautiful” in 1893. Left to right: John Fowler, Chamber of Commerce President; Mike Bird, State Senator; Costas Rombocos, the plaque’s donor and president of the Shrine of Remembrance; Mary Lou Makepeace and Cheryl Gillespe, Colorado Springs City Council members.
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 | Read the A Grateful Nation Remembers booklet about the story of America the Beautiful (see bottom).
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 | Read the program for the dedication ceremony for the America the Beautiful Memorial on Pikes Peak (see bottom).
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 | Read Katharine Lee Bates’ manuscript for America the Beautiful (see bottom).
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 | Read Katharine Lee Bates’ account of the trip that inspired her to write America the Beautiful (see bottom).
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 | Read the resolution of the Colorado State Senate and House of Representatives regarding the America the Beautiful Memorial on Pikes Peak (see bottom).
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 | Read resolution of the City of Colorado Springs City Council regarding the America the Beautiful Memorial on Pikes Peak (see bottom).
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 | Read the letter from President Bill Clinton for the dedication of the America the Beautiful Memorial Plaque at the Fabulous Fourth celebration on July 4, 1993. The plaque was unveiled on the summit of Pikes Peak on October 5, 1993 (see bottom).
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 | Read the thank-you letter from George Stephanopoulos (President Bill Clinton’s senior advisor for policy and strategy) for the gift of a smaller scale casting of the America the Beautiful Centennial Memorial given to President Clinton by Costas Rombocos (see bottom).
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 | Read the thank-you letter from President Bill Clinton for the America the Beautiful Centennial Memorial given to President Clinton by Costas Rombocos as a Christmas gift (see bottom).
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Read the A
Grateful Nation Remembers booklet about the story of
America the Beautiful. Read the program
for the dedication ceremony for the America the Beautiful Memorial
on Pikes Peak. Read Katharine Lee Bates’
manuscript for America the Beautiful. Read Katharine Lee Bates’ account
of the trip that inspired her to write America the Beautiful. Read the resolution
of the Colorado State Senate and House of Representatives regarding the America
the Beautiful Memorial on Pikes Peak. Read resolution
of the City of Colorado Springs City Council regarding the America the
Beautiful Memorial on Pikes Peak. Read the letter
from President Bill Clinton for the dedication of the America the Beautiful
Memorial Plaque at the Fabulous Fourth celebration on July 4, 1993. The
plaque was unveiled on the summit of Pikes Peak on October 5, 1993. Read the thank-you
letter from George Stephanopoulos (President Bill Clinton’s
senior advisor for policy and strategy) for the gift of a smaller scale
casting of the America the Beautiful Centennial Memorial given to President
Clinton by Costas Rombocos. Read the thank-you
letter from President Bill Clinton for the America the Beautiful
Centennial Memorial given to President Clinton by Costas Rombocos as
a Christmas gift.  | 
