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Selections from the Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony

West Lawn, Monticello
July 4, 2004

Invocation by Karenne Wood, Chair, Virginia Council on Indians

Karenne Wood, Monacan Nation

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Introduction of W. Richard West, Jr. by Thomas A. Saunders III
Thomas A. Saunders III, Chairman of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation's Board of Trustees

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Address to the New Citizens by W. Richard West, Jr., Director of the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC
W. Richard West, Jr., Speaking at Monticello

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Oath of Citizenship
New Citizens on the West Steps of Monticello Taking the Oath of Citizenship

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The Thomas Jefferson F0undation, Inc. wishes to express its genuine appreciation to The Edward W. and Betty Knight Scripps Foundation for it generous support of the annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello.

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bullet Jefferson's death on July 4, 1826
bullet Archived news release: 75 adults to become U.S. citizens July 4 at Monticello




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