GARDINER, Mont. — Welcome, new U.S. citizens!
Yellowstone National Park (YNP) hosted a citizenship ceremony at Arch Park in Gardiner, Montana, on Thursday, Sept. 10. Thirty-three people from 18 countries took the Oath of Allegiance under the Roosevelt Arch, which welcomes visitors to the park’s North Entrance.
The new citizens reside in Wyoming and Idaho. According to YNP, they originated from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Germany, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Moldova, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Saint Lucia, Tunisia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Vietnam.
YNP noted that it has hosted naturalization ceremonies for more than a decade. Grand Teton National Park has hosted a few, too.
“Naturalization ceremonies held in national parks advance the meaning and stature of citizenship by building connections between new citizens and America’s parks,” the National Park Service said in a past press release, adding that naturalization ceremonies held in national parks represent the “strength and spirit of the United States.”
