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Fourth of July naturalization ceremony in Portsmouth
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Original Publication Date: July 4, 2018 1:23AM
Publication Updated: April 23, 2025 12:32AM
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – More than 100 people have celebrated Independence Day in New Hampshire by becoming U.S. citizens.
The Wednesday naturalization ceremony took place at at Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth as part of the museum’s annual “American Celebration.”
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, and Gov. Chris Sununu attended the ceremony set to be presided over by Judge Joseph Laplante. The 102 people becoming citizens come from 48 countries.
The museum also planned to host a patriotic parade and an old fashioned Field Day.
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