LAKE PLACID - All are invited to attend the Kate Smith Festival at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Lake Placid June 4-6, 2010.  

The Festival will celebrate the immortalization of the beloved singer and entertainer in the new 44-cent Kate Smith Commemorative Postal Stamp, issued on May 27 with an official U.S. Postal Service ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.  

"We invite everyone to view exhibits that will be on display all weekend at the Crowne Plaza, and join us in celebrating a true American treasure, who is now immortalized on the new 44-cent U.S. postage stamp," said Raymond Wood, president of the Kate Smith Commemorative Society.

Smith was a much beloved singer and entertainer best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America".  The Kate Smith Commemorative Society was established to formally rekindle the legend that is Kate Smith and to nurture the love for America that is so identified with her life. For more information about the Society, visit www.katesmith.org.

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