US state of Maryland retires pro-Confederacy state song

US state of Maryland retires pro-Confederacy state song
AFP
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The US state of Maryland has retired the state song, whose lyrics lauded the pro-slavery Confederacy
The US state of Maryland on Tuesday retired the Civil War-era state song, whose lyrics lauded the pro-slavery South.
"We're repealing the state song, which is a relic of the Confederacy," Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said at a signing ceremony.
The song, "Maryland, My Maryland," was written during the 1861-65 Civil War by James Ryder Randall, a Southern sympathizer.
The Democratic-controlled state legislature voted earlier this year to retire the song and Hogan, a moderate Republican, agreed, saying it was "clearly outdated and out of touch."

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