Maryland’s state song, which alludes to President Abraham Lincoln as a “tyrant” and a “despot,” has been repealed. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan signed a bill into law on Tuesday that strips “Maryland, ...

Ben Meiselman had no idea what he was singing. He was 9 years old, for heaven's sake. Onstage with his classmates for a fourth-grade assembly, the boy innocently denounced Abraham Lincoln as a "despot ...

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.

Here are the lyrics to the state song, "Maryland! My Maryland!": I The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the ...