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 ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — After decades of debate, legislators in Maryland finally seem ready to repeal the state song. Last week, the House of Delegates and the Senate both voted to boot “Maryland, My ...

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 ...

Dating back more than a century – and more recently since 2009, efforts have been afoot to alter the lyrics to Maryland's official state song. This year, the Senate passed its version of a bill to ...

Just as Kentucky Derby opens with ‘My Old Kentucky Home,’ the Preakness Stakes begins with a rendition of ‘Maryland, My Maryland.’ The state song of Maryland, “Maryland, My Maryland,” is traditionally ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Jewish member of Congress representing Maryland, has co-written an ode to the state in yet another attempt to replace the state’s official song, a pro-Confederate anthem written ...

MAKE THIS ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COUNTY, JUST FOR ME ALONE AS A PERSON. I FEEL GOOD THAT I HAVE NOW HAD MY FIRST SHOT. LOWELL: TO DATE, MORE THAN 122,000 RESIDENTS HAVE GOTTEN THEIR FIRST SHOTS AND MORE ...

The legislature has another chance to repeal Maryland’s Confederate state song “Maryland, My Maryland” this session. It must take action to finally stop honoring the Lost Cause and send a strong ...

COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland marching band will at least temporarily stop playing the state’s official song, which includes a reference to “Northern scum” and other pro-Confederate lyrics ...

The lyrics of “Maryland, My Maryland,” long criticized as sympathetic to the Confederacy, refer to Abraham Lincoln as a “despot” and Union soldiers as “Northern scum!” By Neil Vigdor For decades, ...