HONORARY CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES

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Please note: The heading for William and Hannah Penn should say William, not Thomas. Got past all of us and we sincerely apologize. Unfortunately, once a video is up it is nearly - if not completely - impossible to edit.

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Signing Ceremony, Proclamation Declaring Sir Winston Churchill An Honorary Citizen Of The United States, 2:50 PM. PUBLIC DOMAIN WFG

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8 FAM 306.1-1 HONORARY CITIZENSHIP  State Department.  Accessed 17 June 2023. https://fam.state.gov/fam/08fam/08fam030601.html

House Report 107-595, 107th Congress, House of Representatives  Accessed 17 June 2023. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-107hrpt595/html/CRPT-107hrpt595.htm

Malangone, Abigail “Sir Winston Churchill’s Path to United States Citizenship” National Archives, JFK Presidential Library and Museum  April 9, 2020. Accessed 17 June 2023. https://jfk.blogs.archives.gov/2020/04/09/sir-winston-churchills-path-to-united-states-citizenship/

O’Brien, Garrett  “Honorary American Citizenship: America’s Least Known Commendation”  Saturday Evening Post 5 April 2021. Accessed 16 June 2023. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/04/honorary-american-citizenship-americas-least-known-commendation/

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“Citizenship for Polish Hero of American Revolution” New York Times November 7, 2009. Accessed 19 June 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/us/08citizen.html?_r=1

Speare, Morris Edmund “Lafayette, Citizen of America”   New York Times 7 Sept 1919. Accessed 17 June 2023. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/09/07/98291852.pdf

Chartrand, Rene “American War of Independence Commanders”  Bloomsbury Publishing 20 March 2013. Accessed 19 June 2023. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ny8VDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false

The Nobel Peace Prize 1979 Mother Teresa. Nobel Prize.org. Archived from original 11 Oct 2014  Accessed 19 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20141011210335/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html

Ireland, Judith  “Man Who Rescued Jews Becomes Australia’s First Honorary Citizen”. The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 May 2013. Accessed 19 June 2023. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/man-who-rescued-jews-becomes-australias-first-honorary-citizen-20130506-2j2yr.html

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