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.
“Confederate-sympathizing language is not representative of who we are as a state any longer,” said House Speaker Adrienne Jones, who became the first Black person and first woman to hold the leadership post last year. She’s confident a repeal will finally pass in the session that begins in January.
“This session, we will pass legislation to repeal the state song so we can better reflect our current values of unity, diversity and inclusion,” the Democrat said in a statement. “We have come too far as a state and as a country to continue to embrace symbols of hate and division.”
We now have 10% of our population (blacks) controlling our history . When will this crap end? We didn’t have a thing to do with what has happened 150 years ago .
However I will tell you that if you go to Sudan or any African country you may get butchered with a machete . Black on black killing and injuring men women and children .
Tell us about you history and heritage blacks.
Give a mouse a cookie…
Huh?? WTH does that mean?
Just another step in advancing the 2nd Civil War. If I could afford it I would leave MD for a more equal government for all State citizens and not a Socialist State that destroys peoples lives and history of America.
REAL HISTORY- Lincoln freed the slaves and gave them the right to buy land, education, vote, and equality some despot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can we repeal the legislation that Lincoln gave them if we are going to tear down any mention of him and what he did, STATUES seems fair we take down the legislation giving them those equal rights HE GAVE THEM. If you repeal legislators you don’t agree with then remove all the laws regarding the BLACK LIVES MATTER PEOPLE and let them fight for new laws that are OK with them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blacks are at least50% of the population if not more. The government just won,t tell the truth about it just like they won’t tell the truth about anything
What are you saying, that they breed like rabits?
Replace with Boss Hoggan rapping about the damn mask while wearing one. In Korean.