Editing America the Beautiful (section)

==Idioms==
"From sea to shining sea" is an American [[idiom]] meaning "from the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the [[Pacific Ocean]]" (or vice versa). Other songs that have used this phrase include the American patriotic song "[[God Bless the U.S.A.]]" and [[Schoolhouse Rock]]'s "Elbow Room". The phrase and the song are also the namesake of the [[Shining Sea Bikeway]], a [[bike path]] in Bates's hometown of [[Falmouth, Massachusetts]]. The phrase is similar to the Latin phrase "''{{Lang|la|[[A Mari Usque Ad Mare]]}}''" ("From sea to sea"), which is the official motto of [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=Gary|title=From sea to shining sea|url=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/from%20sea%20to%20shining%20sea.html|website=Phrases.org|access-date=24 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718031848/http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/from%20sea%20to%20shining%20sea.html|archive-date=July 18, 2014}}</ref>

"Purple mountain majesties" refers to the shade of [[Pikes Peak]] in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], which inspired Bates to write the poem.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanheritage.org/Elementary_Extraction_15-America_the_Beautiful_TX.pdf |title=America the Beautiful |website=www.americanheritage.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904222648/http://www.americanheritage.org/Elementary_Extraction_15-America_the_Beautiful_TX.pdf |archive-date=September 4, 2012  |url-status=dead}}</ref> The idiom inspired the [[Colorado Rockies]] to have [[purple]] as one of its team colors.<ref>[https://www.mlb.com/news/rockies-stick-to-one-specific-shade-of-purple-c214749496 Harding, Thomas. "Rockies outfitted with one shade of purple," MLB.com, Monday, January 30, 2017.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526081644/https://www.mlb.com/news/rockies-stick-to-one-specific-shade-of-purple-c214749496 |date=May 26, 2022 }} Retrieved May 26, 2022.</ref>

In 2003, [[Tori Amos]] appropriated the phrase "for amber waves of grain" to create a [[personification]] for her song "Amber Waves". Amos imagines Amber Waves as an exotic dancer, like the character of the same name portrayed by [[Julianne Moore]] in ''[[Boogie Nights]]''.