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 ...

Of the various official state symbols for Michigan, including the American Robin and the Petoskey stone, one symbol that has ...

Every state except for one has an official song or anthem. Think you know your hometown trivia? Take this quiz to test your ...

Could Tennessee have a new state song? Two lawmakers are looking to make just that happen. Tennessee State Rep. Antonio Parkinson and Tennessee State Sen. Raumesh Akbari, both representing Shelby ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Infuriated by racism, coming out of the 1960s and going into the ’70s, Neil Young released his commentary on slavery and the South with the After the Gold Rush classic “Southern Man.” By 1972, Young ...

Did you know that Colorado has not one, but two state songs? “Where the Columbines Grow” became the first in 1915, while “Rocky Mountain High” was named the second in 2007. Both have been ...