On July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the United States, 150 people from 50 countries became U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Alexandria, Virginia. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
Among the new citizens were U.S. Marine Sgt. Diakaria Sangare from Guinea, a twice-deployed service member; Raina Pinto from India; Tebid Munghey John-Paul from Cameroon; Martha Flores de Martinez from El Salvador; U.S. Air Force senior airman Stephen Kissi from Ghana; Sritanaya Kamireddy from India; Yosselin May from Honduras; and Anita Nawshin from Bangladesh.
The ceremony took place at the estate of the first U.S. president, George Washington. It was part of the "America 250" initiative marking the nation's 250th birthday.