Every year, Monticello's West Portico becomes an outdoor courtroom where dozens of individuals take the Oath of Citizenship to become Americans.

This year, President of the University of Virginia, James E. Ryan, spoke to the new citizens. The ceremony also featured a presentation of the colors from the Boy Scouts of America Troop 75, and music from the Charlottesville Band, the Charlottesville Opera, the Old Line Fife and Drum Corps, and The Oratorio Society of Virginia.

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Community Partner Tent

Meet the organizations making a difference in our community and further the dialogue on civic engagement and citizen leadership.

  Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

  Albemarle County Office of Equity and Inclusion

 Charlottesville Opera

 Charlottesville and Albemarle Offices of Voter Registration and Elections

 International Rescue Committee 

 James Monroe’s Highland 

 League of Women Voters of the Charlottesville Area 

 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

• Albemarle Chapter
• Jack Jouett Chapter
• Shadwell Chapter

 University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy 

 Monticello Departments and Projects

• Archeology Department
• Center for Historic Plants
• Getting Word African American Oral History Project

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The Thomas Jefferson Foundation wishes to express its genuine appreciation to:

The Scripps Independence Day Endowment, Sally and Joe Gladden, The Brent and Lindsay Halsey Family, Michie Tavern, The Richard D. and Carolyn W. Jacques Foundation, Charlottesville Albemarle Convention & Visitors Bureau , and the Albemarle County Office of Equity & Inclusion for their generous support of our Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony.

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