For the second year in a row, the Children's Museum of Denver held a U.S. citizenship event on July 20 for kids looking to become Americans through their parents.
Seven-year-old Nael Welday from Angola waves three American flags at her dad at a citizenship ceremony that took place at the Children's Museum of Denver on Thursday, July 20.Waving a trio of tiny American flags, little Nael Welday looked like she could have been at Elitch Gardens last Thursday, July 20, while waiting to get her U.S. citizenship.
The new generation of Americans sat between parents and siblings, who looked on proudly as they accepted their paperwork and recited theto make it official. They promised to"support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic," as well as to"bear true faith and allegiance" and"bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law." Children as young as three were granted citizenship.
Tetiana Kurylenko, a Ukraine native, watched her two boys — Tymofii and Erik — become U.S. citizens six years after their family moved from the Eastern European country."It's very important to us, especially with the situation in Ukraine right now," Kurylenko said, citing the ongoing war in her home country."It's so important to us that we can live in the United States and we're protected by law.
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