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America celebrates her 232 birthday today July 4, 2008

Stephen Collins Foster—Born on the 4th of July


imageStephen Collins Foster, who has been called "The Father of American Music," learned to play the flute at the young age of seven. Foster would go on to write over 200 songs during his much too short lifetime. Did you know that both George M. Cohan, writer of "Yankee Doodle Dandy", and Stephen C. Foster were born on the 4th of July--Independence Day? These men are, now, legends and their songs are a favorite throughout the USA and the world. The University of Pittsburgh campus is the site of the Stephen Foster Memorial, a building that houses the Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, the Center for American Music and two theatres.There are other memorials to Stephen Foster in South Georgia, Florida, Kentucky and other states.
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