Arnold Schwarzenegger Celebrates Becoming U.S. Citizen 40 Years Ago
deadline.comFor Arnold Schwarzenegger, there’s nothing more American than celebrating 40 years of U.S. citizenship with a post on social media.
The bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-politician-turned avid donkey owner posted a series of photos this weekend that chronicled his time growing up in Austria before he arrived here in 1968 — all while audio of his speech from the 2004 Republican National Convention plays in the background.
Schwarzenegger became a citizen on Sept. 17, 1983. “My fellow Americans, this an amazing moment for me,” it begins. “To think that a once scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California, that is an immigrant’s dream.
In school when the teacher would talk about America, I would daydream about coming here. I would daydream about living here.
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