Virginia’s 5th District representative Tom Perriello will be this year’s featured speaker at the 47th annual Monticello Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony.
Last year’s speaker was former U.S. President George W. Bush.
The event will be held on the Monticello grounds with festivities beginning at 10am. It will be open to the public and free of charge.
Monticello has hosted this ceremony since 1963 and has sworn in about 3,000 individuals as American citizens.