The oath of allegiance Acadia took its name from the garden of the gods in Greek mythology. Farming some the most fertile land in North America, Acadians never suffered from epidemics of scurvy ...

And as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow chronicled in his poem, Evangeline, this is exactly what happened when the proud Acadians refused to take the oath. For most people, taking an oath is not a problem.

On July 28, 1755, British Governor Charles Lawrence ordered the deportation of all Acadians from Nova Scotia who refused to take an oath of allegiance to Britain. Over the following 13 years, ...

On 21 July 2015, USCIS announced a policy update clarifying the eligibility requirements for those seeking religiously-based waivers to portions of the Oath of Allegiance. What's False The policy ...

503 people in Lowell and 15,000 others across the nation become U.S. citizens on Independence Day.