The Citizens Almanac

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released “The Citizen’s Almanac: Fundamental Documents, Symbols, And Anthems Of the US.” As USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez notes in his preface, “Naturalized citizens have played an important role in shaping this country. From Alexander Hamilton to Albert Einstein, foreign-born Americans have contributed to all aspects of society – literature, motion pictures, public service, and athletics, to name just a few.”  The Almanac includes much information about the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens, patriotic anthems and symbols of the U.S., Presidential and historical speeches (including Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech), fundamental documents of American democracy, landmark decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, Presidential statements on citizenship and immiugration, and a list of prominent foreign-born Americans.

KJ