Maryland may repeal state song, a Confederate call to arms
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foxnews.comANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – After decades of debate, legislators are finally sensing strong support for repealing Maryland's 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, My Maryland," set to the traditional seasonal tune of "O, Tannenbaum," was written as a poem in 1861 by James Ryder Randall and adopted as the state song in 1939.
Lawmakers have tried to replace it since 1974.This year's nationwide protests against racial injustice may have made the difference.
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