7/4/14: Last Friday, 10 people, each from different countries, took an oath of citizenship at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum in Burlington. Candidates originated from Canada, United Kingdom, Haiti, Ireland, Brazil, Japan, Somalia, Poland, Ukraine and Sweden. Mayor Miro Weinberger welcomed the new citizens and Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss administered the Oath of Allegiance.

Eva spoke to the new Americans and their families about what this day meant to them.

Music: US Navy Band, “Yankee Doodle,” La Strada, New Home, “My New Home”

This episode of Stuck in Vermont was made possible by

Hotel Vermont and Vermont Tourism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=//www.youtube.com/embed/BUEDZDPEw3o?v=//www.youtube.com/embed/BUEDZDPEw3o

This article appears in Jul 9-15, 2014.

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Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received...