Judge Shelley D. Rucker
Linda Mines
Members of the Hixson High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp
Judge David Campbell Chapter members
Members of local Daughters of the American Revolution Chapters joined family and friends on Friday in welcoming 74 new citizens and 11 youth who took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States.
The two ceremonies, morning and afternoon, were held at the Joel P. Solomon Federal Courthouse in Chattanooga.
Members of the Hixson High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp presented the colors and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Judge Shelley D. Rucker presided. In her welcoming speech, after the administration of the Oath, she reminded everybody of the value of freedom and the responsibilities that come with that freedom.
Linda Mines, member of the Chief John Ross Chapter, welcomed the new citizens also. In her talk, she told them that, although members of the Daughters of the American Revolution had ancestors who sacrificed their lives and fortunes to secure the freedom we enjoy today, we too were once immigrants to this great country.
Members of Chief John Ross provided each new citizen with a U.S. flag lapel pin and a copy of The American Creed, The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and the Oath of Allegiance. After the ceremony, members of the Judge David Campbell Chapter served refreshments and gave new citizens and members of their family American Flags and copies of the Flag Code.