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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recommended Albright's memoir on one of these threads.  So excited you're reading it-- It's so good!  I happened to be in Charlottesville one year on the 4th of July and heard her speak at a naturalization ceremony held on the beautiful grounds of Jefferson's estate, Monticello.  She was just terrific.  I didn't personally know anyone being naturalized but thought it'd be a great way to celebrate the 4th, and it was.

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This may be going off on a tangent, but do you mean that you do not personally know anyone who is a naturalized US citizen?[/quote]

I meant that I didn't know anyone being naturalized at that particular ceremony.  Most attendees were friends/family/sponsors of those being naturalized that day, but the ceremony was open to the public and I just decided to go. I was so glad I did.  It was so joyful.  People in the audience would whoop it up and cheer for whomever they knew when the name was read, kind of like a school graduation.  As someone who grew up fascinated by the stories of my ancestors who came through Ellis Island, I found it incredibly moving.

Albright's speech was great, too, talking about being the first female sec of state and what would Jefferson have thought of that as he was the first American sec of state.  She also talked about her own experience of coming to the U.S. after leaving Czechoslovakia to escape the holocaust (and having spent the war years in Britain.)

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