Pulver welcomes one of the new citizens. Also on hand, Dutchess County
Executive Marcus Molinaro, back.
POUGHKEEPSIE – A total of 145 new American citizens from 36 countries took the oath of allegiance at a naturalization ceremony at the Family Partnership Center in Poughkeepsie on Friday.
Acting State Supreme Court Justice and Dutchess County Court Judge Edward McLoughlin administered the oath.
County Legislature Chairman Gregg Pulver traced his family’s journey to America, which began when his ancestors fled war and religious persecution in Germany. In 1710, they settled in Dutchess County and the Pulver family has farmed in the county ever since. He told the new Americans that he hoped that “you all remember the day you first arrived in his country and that your families never forget the sacrifices you have endured to bring them to this wonderful land.”
Pulver told the new citizens that “America may have been founded by farmer-legislators like myself; however, our current government must be a mix of all peoples and backgrounds in order to legislate effectively and represent out constituents equally and fairly.”
