Editing Stephen Foster (section)

==Accolades and honors==
[[File:1936 50C Cincinnati (obv).png|thumb|Foster is depicted on the obverse of the 1936 [[Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar]]]]
Foster is honored on the [[University of Pittsburgh]] campus with the [[Stephen Foster Memorial]], a landmark building that houses the Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, the Center for American Music, as well as two theaters: the Charity Randall Theatre and Henry Heymann Theatre, both performance spaces for Pitt's Department of Theater Arts. It is the largest repository for original Stephen Foster compositions, recordings, and other memorabilia his songs have inspired worldwide.

Two state parks are named in Foster's honor: the [[Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park]] in [[White Springs, Florida]], and [[Stephen C. Foster State Park]] in Georgia. Both parks are on the [[Suwannee River]]. Stephen Foster Lake at [[Mt. Pisgah State Park]] in Pennsylvania is named after him.

One state park is named in honor of Foster's songs, [[My Old Kentucky Home State Park]], a historic mansion formerly named Federal Hill, located in [[Bardstown, Kentucky]], where Foster is said to have been an occasional visitor according to his brother, Morrison Foster.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} The park dedicated a bronze statue in honor of Stephen's work.

The [[Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh)]] Historical Society, together with the [[Allegheny Cemetery]] Historical Association, hosts the annual Stephen Foster Music and Heritage Festival (Doo Dah Days!). Held the first weekend of July, Doo Dah Days! celebrates the life and music of one of the most influential songwriters in America's history. His home in the Lawrenceville section of [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, still remains on Penn Avenue nearby the [[Foster School|Stephen Foster Community Center]].