Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States in 1931 when President Herbert Hoover signed ...
Every state except for one has an official song or anthem. Think you know your hometown trivia? Take this quiz to test your ...
Inside Pennsylvania's State Capitol building, lawmakers are working on efforts to adopt a new official state song. Farragutful via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Since November 1990, ...
The history of Washington state’s song involves a little controversy.
Every state has an ode in song. California's sandy beaches and green valleys have inspired tracks by Tupac Shakur, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Beach Boys, and, recently, Maroon 5—even if the band's ...
One could reasonably assume a Tennessee state song should talk about the natural beauty and cultural significance of the state that houses Music City and the Home of the Blues (Nashville and Memphis, ...
A majority of Maryland senators hope they’ve found a compromise to handle the state’s controversial state song: send it into retirement without erasing all recognition. The Senate voted 30-13 on ...
Pennsylvania may soon be changing its tune.A proposal to establish a new state song got a positive vote Thursday in the House of Representatives, although there was some discord.The resolution to ...
Virginia's House Rules Committee will break out the boombox this morning and listen to three candidates vying to be the state's official song. There's the anthemlike "Virginia, Ever Enshrined," by a ...