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President Reagan Presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award to Kate Smith

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Hi Friends:

Recently, here on our blog, we featured a biography of Kate Smith, with a video of her performing “God Bless America.”
Here’s a link to that post:
https://pastorappreciationblog.com/2022/07/22/kate-smith-god-bless-america/

Now, courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Library, is President Ronald Reagan presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award to Kate Smith … which the highest honor given to a civilian in the United States …

Ronald Reagan Library:
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Full Title: President Reagan Presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award
to Kate Smith at the Raleigh Civic Center Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on October 26, 1982

Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum:
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum sits on a high hill with sweeping views of the surrounding mountains, valleys and the Pacific Ocean. The Library is one of California’s beautiful and unique destinations.

The Library’s 300 acre site, about 45 miles from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), stands in for the “shining city on a hill” often referenced by President Reagan. The Library grounds serves as the final resting place of the nation’s 40th President, and his wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan.

In addition to the Museum , the Reagan Library, as a Presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the authority of the Presidential Records Act, is the repository of presidential records for President Reagan’s administration. Our holdings include over 60 million pages of documents, over 1.6 million photographs, a half million feet of motion picture film and tens of thousands of audio and video tapes. Additionally, the Library houses personal paper collections including documents from Ronald Reagan’s eight years as governor of California.

The Reagan Presidential Library offers research support to scholars and students alike, curates many special exhibits, manages the collections, and provides robust educational programming for students of all ages including the Situation Room Experience with live role-playing simulations.

YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/RonaldReaganLibrary
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum Website:
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/

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“The Price for Freedom”-Video One

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Just think of all the freedoms we enjoy … every day …
We should pause … every day … to think about … to remember … to appreciate … to honor … to pay our deepest respect and gratitude … To carefully consider …

What this freedom cost.

We begin a new video series entitled
“The Price for Freedom.”

We will feature videos from a variety of sources, and will attempt to give every credit for their source.

Our first video features a Memorial Day speech from President Ronald Reagan, supplying our banner for the series:

“The price for this freedom has been high … but we have never been unwilling to pay that price.”

Included in the speech was an emotional reading of “The Pledge,” sometimes called “The Warriors Pledge” or “The Soldiers Pledge,” which was discovered in the diary of fallen soldier Martin A. Treptow.
Here is the exact text, written on the flyleaf of the
young soldier’s diary:

My Pledge
America must win this war
Therefore
I will work
I will save
I will sacrifice
I will endure
I will fight cheerfully
and do my utmost
as if the issue of the whole struggle
depended on me alone.

“We must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women … It is a weapon that we as Americans do have … Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism, and prey upon their neighbors … They will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it … sacrifice for it … We will not surrender for it … Now or ever …
We are Americans”
President Ronald Reagan

 

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A Message To All: President Ronald Reagan

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We hold to our promise to share only good news here, to never
“air” any political views … to provide a platform for praise,
not politics.
As you know, we often feature quotes from U.S. Presidents, and try to feature great quote collections on occasion. We will be doing more of that in the future, as the response to quotes is always encouraging.
A friend just sent us this short video of excerpts from Ronald Reagan speeches, where President Reagan talks about Jesus, the Bible, faith, and prayer-and their place in American history and our daily lives. Carol was playing this, and I was in another room, but I recognized the voice …
Please enjoy this video, and remember that this was not that long ago, it was in our country, it was addressed to the American people, and this was our President … speaking while in office …