In two days 149 from 55 countries will become U.S. citizens in Arkansas

Almost 150 applicants will take the Oath of Allegiance and become America’s newest citizens during a special naturalization ceremony at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum on Friday, September 16 at 11 a.m. This event is part of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’, USCIS, annual celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. More than 25,000 candidates will become citizens at 269 special ceremonies held across the country and around the world from Sept. 15-23.

The 149 citizenship candidates originate from the following 55 countries: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solvenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.

Constitution Day is celebrated on Sept. 17 in remembrance of the signing of the Constitution in 1787. Since 1952, Citizenship Day has been celebrated in conjunction with Constitution Day, although Congress first underscored the significance of United States citizenship in 1940, when Congress designated the third Sunday in May as “I Am an American Day.”