MOUNT VERNON, Va. (DC News Now) — “America’s First Motion Hero. Love, Arnold.”
That was the message on the wreath that Arnold Schwarzenegger positioned on the tomb of George Washington on July 4 when the previous California governor visited Mount Vernon, house of the nation’s first president.
Schwarzenegger was the keynote speaker at a naturalization ceremony by which greater than 100 individuals from 95 international locations took the oath to change into residents of the U.S.
The actor and former governor, who was born in Austria, took the oath in 1982.
“The day I raised my proper hand and have become an American citizen was, definitely, one of many best days of my life,” Schwarzenegger mentioned. “For those who advised me on that day that 43 years later I’d be standing at Mount Vernon, the house of one in all my heroes and a historic image of freedom and democracy, to welcome extra new residents, I’d have been shocked.”
“However that’s the great thing about the US of America: nothing is inconceivable,” he continued.
Schwarzenegger added, “I owe all the pieces to this nation, and I can’t wait to share this second with these new residents to remind them of the limitless alternative afforded by their new house. I hope they’ll really feel the identical debt of gratitude that I’ve tried to repay all through my complete life by giving again, being dedicated to our Structure, and united by our shared values.”
The motion movie star offered design enter for the wreath. The flowers that had been a part of it included white yarrow and Austrian fir to characterize Austria, white inventory, purple, and blue anemone, together with silver greenback eucalyptus to characterize California, freedom purple roses, darkish and light-weight blue delphinium, white hydrangea, and purple hypericum berry to characterize Mount Vernon.
Doug Bradburn, Mount Vernon President and CEO, learn Washington’s Prayer for His Nation.