US state of Maryland retires pro-Confederacy state song AFP 2 days ago AFP © CHIP SOMODEVILLA 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legislature voted earlier this year to retire the song and Hogan, a moderate Republican, agreed, saying it was clearly outdated and out of touch.
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