Is Maryland ready to rid ‘Northern scum’ from state song?
Maryland Del. Antonio Hayes, a Baltimore Democrat, talks about his bill to change the official state song in the Maryland House of Delegates on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. His proposal is one of several under consideration this year to wipe “Northern scum” and other sensitive pre-Civil War phrases out of the official state song. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)