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Special tracks for each state and territory were played during Tuesday night's DNC roll call. But what song repped your state? We found them all so you don't have to.
Virginia hadn't had a state song since 1997, when lawmakers retired "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" over its racist lyrics. They also tried making it "Oh Shenandoah" in 2006, ...
Legislation is currently in progress to develop a new state song, with Rep. Jim Haddock, D-118, Pittston Twp., serving as a co-signer. H.R. 25 establishes a Pennsylvania State Song Commission ...
If you're wondering, the state has had an official state song since 1945. The current bill would not replace "Hail Minnesota", but would simply add the two more recent songs to the list.
Red Mascara’s gone, but the fight for his song lives on. Mascara, also known as Joseph Rocco Mascari of Phillipsburg, was a fixture at the State House for 55 years as he lobbied lawmakers to ...
And while “Hail, Minnesota” is considered the official state song, Senate staff could not find legislation that designated it. So the same Kupec bill would enshrine that song as well.
Delaware was the eighth state to have an official song, preceded first by Iowa in 1911, then South Carolina, Florida (although it changed its mind), Indiana, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
Having his 1984 hit “Purple Rain” named one of the state songs of Minnesota “would have meant so much” to Prince, his sister Sharon Nelson told a state Senate committee Tuesday. “It was ...
State Sen. Judy Schwank has issued a proposal that would designate “My Home Pennsylvania” by Dave Kline as the official state song.