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A Maryland state flag waves near the Statehouse in Annapolis. Maryland has decided to drop a state song that originated during the Civil War and alludes to Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant and a despot.
A song alluding to Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant and a despot and to the Union as Northern scum! is no longer Maryland s official anthem after Gov. Larry Hogan this week approved its repeal a move that some Republicans say is another example of cancel culture.
Hogan gave the measure his OK months after the state s legislature voted to eliminate the long-controversial Civil War-era song,
Maryland Repeals State Song That Called Lincoln A ‘Tyrant’
By Scott Neuman
May 20, 2021
A song alluding to Abraham Lincoln as a “tyrant” and a “despot” and to the Union as “Northern scum!” is no longer Maryland’s official anthem after Gov. Larry Hogan this week approved its repeal a move that some Republicans say is another example of “cancel culture.”
Hogan gave the measure his OK months after the state’s legislature voted to eliminate the long-controversial Civil War-era song,
Maryland, My Maryland.
“We’re repealing the state song. It is a relic of the Confederacy, which is clearly outdated and out of touch,” Hogan, a Republican, said when he signed the measure on Tuesday.