---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "140"
heading: "Stephen Foster Memorial Day"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/140"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 1 — Patriotic and National Observances"
---

# §140. Stephen Foster Memorial Day


The President may issue each year a proclamation—

- (1) designating January 13 as Stephen Foster Memorial Day; and
- (2) calling on the people of the United States to observe Stephen Foster Memorial Day with appropriate ceremonies, pilgrimages to his shrines, and musical programs featuring his compositions.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1262.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 140 | 36:158. | Oct. 27, 1951, ch. 593, 65 Stat. 659. |