{"id":2703,"date":"2026-07-04T23:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2026-07-04T23:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:41:36","slug":"really-proud-americas-newest-citizens-celebrate-oath-on-250th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2703","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Really proud&#8217;: America&#8217;s newest citizens celebrate oath on 250th"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Hand over heart, Martha Beyreuther, 35, brimmed with excitement as she took the oath of allegiance at George Washington&#8217;s former home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, on America&#8217;s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2701\">Paul Pelosi faces hit-and-run charge after striking parked vehicle in California, law enforcement says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Beyreuther came to the United States from Germany as a live-in maid 16 years ago. For her, July 4 was perfect. Her husband Mohammed Barrie could not agree more.\u202f <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The two met in Washington, DC, 13 years ago and got married in 2018.\u202f <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really proud of her \u2013 of all the adversities she&#8217;s overcome to get here,&#8221; Barrie said. &#8220;She started off as an au pair, went to school, paid out-of-state tuition and finally she&#8217;s able to work as a senior (manager) at Amazon. It&#8217;s amazing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Beyreuther was one of 150 people naturalized at the annual ceremony hosted at Mount Vernon in Northern Virginia. Virginia&#8217;s record-breaking heat did not deter the hundreds of family members, friends and onlookers from celebrating. <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY spoke to a diverse group of about a dozen people at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Among those who spoke at the ceremony were Mount Vernon CEO Douglas Bradburn, the Mount Vernon Ladies&#8217; Association and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They renounced their foreign allegiance and pledged themselves to one another,&#8221; Bradburn said of the Founding Fathers.\u202f &#8220;We are all here today together because of that choice a quarter of a millennium ago. 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