More than 500 new U.S. citizens will be welcomed at the Naturalization Ceremony, the largest daytime Independence Day observance in the Northwest. There will be music to enjoy while you honor the naturalized citizens, who have made outstanding contributions to their adopted country – the United States, while maintaining their ethnic heritage.

This is a patriotic experience of a lifetime, welcoming our new citizens. The event is produced by the Ethnic Heritage Council, the Seattle Center, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
On July 4, the 29th Annual Naturalization Ceremony will be held at Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion. The public is encouraged to attend and admission is free.

29th ANNUAL NATURALIZATION CEREMONY

Event: 29th Annual Naturalization Ceremony

Date: July 4, 2013, Thursday

11:00 a.m. concert; 12 noon ceremony

Location: Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center, FREE

The ceremony will include speeches by U.S. Representative Jim McDermott, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, King County Executive Dow Constantine, with Seattle City Mayor Mike McGinn as Master of Ceremonies.

From the Ethnic Heritage Council: “Each year, the Ethnic Heritage Council honors a naturalized citizen who has made outstanding contribution to his or her adopted country, the U.S.A., while maintaining his or her ethnic heritage. Congressman Jim McDermott will present the 2013 “Spirit of Liberty Award” to Jagdish Sharma, of the East Indian Community.”