Patine
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Not according to admittedly cursory searches is there a shining in the motto (or its application in the bible) or the official anthem - maybe its in the French version? Manifest Destiny, meanwhile, is Washington's UA. Suffce to say, the use of Sea to Shining Sea is appropriate and if it impinges upon Canadian culture, then that's only by an omission by an unofficial rendition of the phrase 'From Sea to Sea' (one that would reasonably be unfamiliar to non-Canadians) and a willing dismissal of the anthem: America the Beautiful.
Are you correcting me on a national anthem I've sang all my life - in English - and have practically memorized? Where are these lyrics you've conjured up?
Adding to that, a quick Google search for 'From Sea to Shining Sea' yields only results related to America. Someone seems to be a bit high on nationalism to be honest.
But American nationalism, often in it's most toxic, parochial, and uneducated form, is just supposed to be taken for granted and given no comment or criticism, or called out on, as surely as the sky is blue? It's everyone else's nationalism to be considered an aberration and suspect?