07-05-2025
American Revolution Museum hosts naturalization ceremony for 99 candidates
YORKTOWN, Va. (WAVY) — A naturalization ceremony for people receiving American citizenship will be held at the American Revolution Museum on Thursday.
99 eligible candidates from 45 countries will take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States and become American citizens.
Before the ceremony, members of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Honor Guard and Field Musick Virginia will lead the participants in a patriotic procession from the museum's education center to open the ceremony.
Pamata Lotoa, USCIS Norfolk Field Office Immigration Services Officer, will administer the Oath of Allegiance to participants and Leon Vaughan, a Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation living-history interpreter, will be the speaker for the event.
Museum admission is $20 for adults and $10 for ages 6 through 12. Children ages 5 and under are free.
Residents of York County, James City County and the City of Williamsburg, including William & Mary students, receive free admission with proof of residency.
The ceremony, which begins at 11:30 a.m., is hosted by the Yorktown Comte de Grasse Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation in partnership with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security.
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