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The composer of New Mexico’s state song, ‘O, Fair New Mexico’, comes from a family whose name is synonymous with New Mexico history.
Inside Pennsylvania's State Capitol building, lawmakers are working on efforts to adopt a new official state song. Farragutful via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Since November 1990 ...
Georgia On My Mind, associated with Ray Charles, became Georgia’s official state song on April 24, 1979 when Gov. George Busbee signed it into law.
In the United States, all but Maryland and New Jersey have a state song. A Maryland state delegate, a Republican, is looking to change that.
Thanks to the excellent reporters at The Washington Post, we learned Monday that Virginia is looking for a new state song. Its last state song, you see, was "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia ...
(WHTM) — A resolution to study replacing the Pennsylvania state song received bipartisan support and will advance to the State Senate. House Resolution 25, sponsored by Rep. Joe Ciresi (D-146 ...
“Go, Mississippi,” adopted as the state song in 1962, has its roots in Mississippi’s segregationist past.
Local News Oregon state song updated to remove racist language The music of "Oregon, My Oregon" is staying the same, but some controversial lyrics have been updated.
For folks struggling to name all of the states in our country, Taylor Swift has the song for you: In a behind-the-scenes clip from The Voice, Swift sings a song with lyrics that are just the names ...