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 ...
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 ...
Some local leaders predict that 2021 will be the year that Maryland rids itself of a Confederate-themed state song after nearly half a century of trying. “Chances are exponentially better that this ...
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