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Oregon lawmakers vote to change lyrics to state song activists call racist

Oregon lawmakers have voted to approve changing some of the lyrics to its state song to remove what many activists have long argued celebrated racist elements of the state’s history. 

Racist Language in Oregon s State Song to be Modified

The Oregon Legislature has approved changes to the lyrics of Oregon’s state song, Oregon, My Oregon, removing racist language and making the words more inclusive if Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signs the bill into law. The resolution passed by a vote of 47-6. In 1919, the Society of Oregon Composers held a contest for poets to submit their compositions “in which the beauties and the merits of the state are extolled,” according to an Oregonian article at the time. The winning entry was written by judge and former state representative J.A. Buchanan of Astoria. Henry Bernard Murtagh composed the music.

I can name that tune in … no, I can t – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

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Pamplin Media Group - Oregon s state song awaits an official makeover

Oregon s state song awaits an official makeover April 18 2021 A House resolution, which moves to the Senate, changes a few words that some argue reflect a racist past. Oregon s official state song, nearly a century old, is about to get a makeover to remove words that advocates of change say reflect a racist past. The Oregon House has adopted and sent to the Senate a resolution that changes some of the words to Oregon, My Oregon, which the Legislature approved as the state song in 1927. House Concurrent Resolution 11, which passed 47-6 on Friday, April 16, replaces the first verse by J.A. Buchanan: Land of the Empire Builders, Land of the Golden West/Conquered and held by free men, Fairest and the Best.

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