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"Maryland! My Maryland!" A Patriotic Song:
James Ryder Randall (1839-1908), a poet and Confederate sympathizer, was living in Louisiana during the Pratt Street Riot and subsequent occupation of Baltimore. Deeply distressed and outraged, Randall penned his famous "Maryland, My Maryland" in sympathy with his native city. The words of his peom would later become the lyrics for the Maryland state song. |