Congrats to my sweet sis-in-law who became an American Citizen on Wednesday June 8, 2011!!! It was a very moving experience and those of us who are born here are so lucky. Our 25 new citizens came from 18 different countries. Listening and talking with some of the other people was awe inspiring. The stories that these people had, some political refugees was incredible. The ceremony started with singing the Star Spangled Banner and the Pledge of Allegience. The Director of Immigration then gave a short speech and proceeded to announce the countries of origin alphabetically. At that point all 25 took the oath and were sworn in. At the end there was a short speech from President Obama and we then all sang Proud to be an American while watching a beatiful clip of our country's many beauties. I wish I had done better on the picture taking but I was having fun helping all the new immigrants get their pictures!!! I'm definately going to take my kids to one of these events when they are older, it's such a wonderful event to witness and to be a part of. Love you Pia!!!!
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