While we are banning the Confederate flag from the good state of Maryland, it is time to shine light on the Maryland state song Adopted by the state legislature in 1939, it calls President Lincoln a despot. It entreats Maryland to secede from the union and win the Civil War. The poem that became the lyrics was written just after the bloodshed in Baltimore caused when Lincoln called troops to Washington.
The most quizzical part of this is the date this song was adopted: 74 years after the Civil War. This is an embarrassment, especially when the song is played at the Preakness.
The Maryland state song should be updated immediately.
http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/lyricsco.html
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/update-the-maryland-state?source=c.em&r...