The city of Mesa is to naturalize 100 new U.S. citizens on July 4 at the Arizona Celebration of Freedom.
The ceremony is set to take place at 5 p.m. at the Mesa Convention Center at 263 N. Center St. The Oath of Allegiance will be administered by USCIS Phoenix Field Office Section Chief Cynthia Yanez. Mesa Mayor John Giles and Councilmember Jen Duff will also participate in the ceremony.
The ceremony in Mesa has been held since 2015 by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The idea came from Mesa service organization Sertoma Club.
”We were looking at other activities to add to the Arizona Celebration of Freedom and adding the naturalization ceremony on Independence Day was a natural fit for the event and our organization,” said Walt Zimmerman, a member of the Sertoma Club since 1974.
Zimmerman will lead the reciting of the pledge of allegiance during the ceremony. The Sertoma Club will also organize the Hall of Flags display and various other activities during the Arizona Celebration of Freedom.
The Arizona Celebration of Freedom, presented by AT&T, runs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Mesa Convention Center and Mesa Ampitheatre on July 4. More information is available at https://azcelebrationoffreedom.com/.
