Songs exalting patriotism have become as much a part of the fabric of American’s lives as hymns of faith. On Bill Gaither’s America The Beautiful, the two are woven together on stirring classics such as the title track, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, The Star Spangled Banner, This Land Is Your Land, Onward Christian Soldiers, God Bless America, performed in true Kate Smith-fashion by the incomparable Vestal Goodman, and the moving tribute, A Few Good Men.