Stephen Collins Foster - Born on the 4th of July By Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.

Stephen 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.

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