Photos and video: St. Louis area welcomes 39 new U.S. citizens from 26 countries in naturalization ceremony at St. Louis Art Museum
Catherine D. Perry, U.S. District Judge of the Eastern District of Missouri, administered the oath of citizenship to more than three dozen immigrants during a naturalization ceremony at the St. Louis Art Museum on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
“This makes the sacrifices my family made worthwhile,†said Mercedes Sifontes, an immigrant from Venezuela, who cries after taking the oath of citizenship on Thursday, April 3, 2025, during a naturalization ceremony at the St. Louis Art Museum.
“Today is the happiest day,†said Hoa Le, of St. John, an immigrant from Vietnam, who holds onto a portrait of her husband, Hoang Nguyen, as she waits for her name to be called to receive her certification of citizenship on Thursday, April 3, 2025, during a naturalization ceremony at the St. Louis Art Museum. Le’s husband died last year.
Lily Alfaqin, 8, wears patriotic colors as she waits for her parents to become U.S. citizens on Thursday, April 3, 2025, during a naturalization ceremony at the St. Louis Art Museum.
Spectators gather on the balcony on Thursday, April 3, 2025, to watch a naturalization ceremony at the St. Louis Art Museum.
Sravani Street, an immigrant from India, celebrates with her husband Heath, holding her certificate of citizenship on Thursday, April 3, 2025, during a naturalization ceremony at the St. Louis Art Museum.Â
New United States citizens Sravani Street, center left, and Liane Constantine, center right, pose for photos with their families while holding their certificates of citizenship on Thursday, April 3, 2025, after a naturalization ceremony at the St. Louis Art Museum.Â
After taking a photo of her husband, Frank Han, a newly naturalized citizen with their son Donald, 3, Chuchu Han moves to make a photo of him with their ten-month-old daughter Dorothea, on Thursday, April 3, 2025, during a naturalization ceremony at the St. Louis Art Museum.
Laurie Skrivan
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Zachary Linhares
Photographer
39 people from 26 countries became U.S. citizens in a special ceremony at the St. Louis Art Museum on Thursday. Â
