From left to right: On a sunny day, soon-to-be citizens wait for their naturalization ceremony; U.S. military personnel also get naturalized on July 4.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in partnership with Seattle’s Ethnic Heritage Council, hosted more than 500 people from the western part of Washington state at a naturalization ceremony on the Fourth of July. The new citizens came from nearly 80 different countries. Judge Richard C. Tallman administered the oath of citizenship. ♦