ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lawmakers gave final passage on Monday to repeal the state song, a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy against “Northern scum” that refers to President Abraham ...

MARYLAND, USA — There’s a new push to change the 81-year-old Maryland state song once state legislators return to Annapolis in January. The song's lyrics are viewed as racist and controversial to some ...

The Preakness is finding a new tradition. For the first time since 1909, the song “Maryland, My Maryland” will not be played at the event. The owners of the Maryland Jockey Club and Pimlico Race ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maryland state Delegate Susan McComas, a Harford County Republican and member of the state’s rural caucus since 2003, has received ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP/WJZ) — Maryland lawmakers gave final passage on Monday to repeal the state song, a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy against "Northern scum" that refers to President ...

Maryland’s state song, which alludes to President Abraham Lincoln as a “tyrant” and a “despot,” has been repealed. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan signed a bill into law on Tuesday that strips “Maryland, ...

Annapolis, Maryland — Maryland lawmakers gave final passage on Monday to repeal the state song, a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy against "Northern scum" that refers to President ...

The song was written during the Civil War, and if you listen to all the verses, you realize the official song of the Free State is an ode to the Confederacy."It doesn't sit well with me at all," House ...

Maryland lawmakers gave final passage on Monday to repeal the state song, a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy against “Northern scum” that refers to President Abraham Lincoln as a despot.

Maryland state Delegate Susan McComas, a Harford County Republican and member of the state’s rural caucus since 2003, has received a new accusation in recent weeks: “being ‘woke.’ ” The reason: she ...