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List of U.S. state songs
Forty-nine of the fifty
U.S. states
that make up the
United States of America
have one or more
state songs
, which are selected by each
state legislature
, and/or state governor, as a symbol (or emblem) of that particular U.S. state.
New Jersey
does not have an official state song, while
Virginia
's previous state song, "
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
", adopted in 1940, was rescinded due to its racist language by the
Virginia General Assembly
. In 2015, "
Our Great Virginia
" was made the new state song of Virginia.
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