Timrod did not fight in the Civil War, but he wrote poems about it and its effect on life in the South. While he became known as the poet laureate of the Confederacy, he is a relatively obscure poet ...
Wartime songs, or "ditties" (an old-fashioned term for poems with catchy tunes), create camaraderie among troops yearning for places, people, and things they've left behind. These tunes live long ...
“To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” When Nancy Klimek, recreation manager at the Grand Island Veterans Home, gave that quote from President Abraham Lincoln, she tied the past and ...
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COLLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP)- The University of Maryland marching band will at least temporarily stop playing the state's official song, which includes a reference to "Northern scum" and other ...
The University of Maryland's marching band will no longer play a Confederate-era song. Lloyd Fox The University of Maryland marching band will no longer play “Maryland, My Maryland” because of its ...
Maryland lawmakers gave final passage on Monday to repeal the state song, a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy against “Northern scum” that refers to President Abraham Lincoln as a despot.
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