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 ...

The state song of Maryland, “Maryland, My Maryland,” is traditionally sung before the beginning of the Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of the Triple Crown of thoroughbred horse racing ...

"Maryland, My Maryland," set to the traditional seasonal tune of "O, Tannenbaum," was written in 1861 by James Ryder Randall and adopted as the state song in 1939.

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 ...

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.

When it comes to the official song "Maryland, My Maryland," state lawmakers are ready to sing a different tune -- specifically, one that incorporates fewer secessionist elements of the Free State ...

Maryland was a border state that allowed slavery but did not secede during the Civil War, which sharply divided residents. Lawmakers adopted "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song in 1939.

In the United States, all but Maryland and New Jersey have a state song. A Maryland state delegate, a Republican, is looking to change that.

A Maryland panel, the State House Trust, voted this month to remove a plaque from Maryland’s Capitol that honors the Civil War’s Union and Confederate soldiers from the state.

And state Sen. Ronald N. Young (D-Frederick) has pre-filed legislation to repeal Randall’s “Maryland, My Maryland” as the state song and replace it with John T. White’s “Maryland, My ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A bill to revise the state song of Maryland to remove Civil War-era references to “Northern scum” and other phrases deemed offensive has stalled in the state House, a ...