[Magdalen] Naturalization Ceremony

[Jay Weigel]

I have long been a proponent of the idea that anyone running for public
office should have to pass that test. I'm willing to bet money that some
members of the current congress couldn't!

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Grace Cangialosi
>
>  They have a naturalization ceremony up at Monticello every year on the
>> Fourth of July and I keep thinking it would ba a good things to take some
>> of the >grandkids to. Maybe this year...
>>
>
> It is interesting that these ceremonies even exist, given their roots in
> anti-immigrant xenophobia of the early part of the 19th Century. Some
> Progressives thought the whole business anathema, but in this case the
> underlying phobia that spawned these has become enshrined as a great
> patriotic act.
>
> It should also be noted that most native born Americans of any education
> level can not pass the test immigrants are required to take to achieve
> citizenship.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>
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