For Immediate Release: August 13, 2003
Further information: Ann Scanlon (617) 514-1662
On Thursday, August 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum will host a celebration of the naturalization of new Americans at a ceremony presided at by the Honorable Patti Saris, United States District Court Judge for the District of Massachusetts.
Approximately 200 new Americans from 58 nations will take the oath of American citizenship at a ceremony hosted by the national memorial to President John F. Kennedy and sponsored by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security.
The 200 new Americans range in age from 19 to 71 years and hail from Albania, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, The Republic of Belarus, Canada, Cape Verde, the People’s Republic of China, Columbia, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kampuchea, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Montserrat, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, South Korea, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts-Nevis, Syria, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Ukraine, USSR, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
Each new American will receive complimentary admission to the Museum for the day as well as a commemorative edition of President Kennedy’s inaugural address and a small American flag from the Kennedy Library and Museum.