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==Later career==
==Later career==
From 1969 to 1976, Smith's singing of "God Bless America" at the Philadelphia Flyers [[hockey]] games attracted national attention after she had been out of the public limelight for several years.<ref name=totalt/>Smith spent her last years in the capital city of [[Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]]. In 1982, [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] traveled to Raleigh in the company of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Jesse Helms]], a Smith admirer, to award her the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1982/102682c.htm|title=Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kate Smith in Raleigh, North Carolina, October 26, 1982|publisher=reagan.utexas.edu|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref>In 1942, as an actor, Reagan had appeared with Smith in Irving Berlin's ''This Is the Army.
From 1969 to 1976, Smith's singing of "God Bless America" at the Philadelphia Flyers [[hockey]] games attracted national attention after she had been out of the public limelight for several years.<ref name=totalt/>Smith spent her last years in the capital city of [[Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]]. In 1982, [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] traveled to Raleigh in the company of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Jesse Helms]], a Raleigh resident and admirer of Miss Smith, to award her the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1982/102682c.htm|title=Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kate Smith in Raleigh, North Carolina, October 26, 1982|publisher=reagan.utexas.edu|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref>In 1942, as an actor, Reagan had appeared with Smith in Irving Berlin's ''This Is the Army.
In 1984, Reagan granted the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tennessee Ernie Ford. Like Smith, he had had also appeared on ''The Ford Show'' in 1959 but in different episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/ford_tennessee_ernie/bio.jhtml|title=Tennessee Ernie Ford Biography|publisher=cmt.com|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref>
In 1984, Reagan granted the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tennessee Ernie Ford. Like Smith, he had had also appeared on ''The Ford Show'' in 1959 but in different episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/ford_tennessee_ernie/bio.jhtml|title=Tennessee Ernie Ford Biography|publisher=cmt.com|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref>