A delegate says he will push to make English the official language of the state and Baltimore County after residents applauded his sign ? “Speak English” ? at several Independence Day parades.

“People were … giving us the thumbs-up, double thumbs-up as we passed. It was like watching ?the wave? at the ballpark,” said Del. Pat McDonough, R-Harford and Baltimore counties, who waved his flag at parades in Dundalk, Kingsville and Bel Air.