Maryland lawmakers are weighing whether to strike the state song from the list of state symbols enshrined in the law due to its pro-Confederacy lyrics. The current state song, “Maryland, My Maryland,” ...
AFTER FIVE YEARS OF DISCUSSION AND DEBATE LAWMAKERS HAVE FINALLY DECIDED THAT NO STATE SONG IS BETTER THAN ONE THAT PEOPLE FIND EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE. THE SONG MARILYN MY MARYLAND CALLS PRESIDENT ...
For 82 years, Marylanders have listened to a state song that is a bloody call to arms in support of the Confederacy. Now, the tune is likely to lose its honored status. Maryland lawmakers are poised ...
The University of Maryland is suspending playing “Maryland, My Maryland” at sporting events, citing the need to evaluate the state song’s pro-Confederate lyrics, a spokeswoman for the school said. “As ...
General Assembly votes to scrap ‘Maryland, My Maryland,’ state’s pro-Confederate official state song
It’ll soon be so long to the state song after the Maryland Senate unanimously voted to scrap “Maryland, My Maryland!” as the Old Line State’s official anthem. The pro-Confederate Civil War-era tune ...
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