From Pat Lamanna:
“This was taken at the Vanderbilt Estate on Thursday, July 17 at a Naturalization Ceremony sponsored by the Federal Government, not Dutchess County as usual. There were 12 new citizens, accompanied by friends and family, sworn in in the sumptuous living room of the Vanderbilt Mansion. Jane Argineanu and I handed out registration forms, two of which were returned to us, and I brought them to the Board of Elections that afternoon.”