
New start, new citizens
New citizen PV2 Carlos Mendesrogrigues plants a flag after a special Flag Day naturalization ceremony Thursday at the Bunker Hill Monument.
Magistrate Judge Paul G. Levenson presided, and the deputy clerk of the court administered the Oath of Allegiance.
The 75 citizenship candidates are from the following 35 countries: Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Greece, Haiti, India, Iran, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela and Vietnam.
New citizens wave flags as they are sworn in during a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Charlestown, MA – A member of the USS Constitution Honor Guard holds the American flag during a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Charlestown, MA – New citizen Arushi Bharel plants a flag after a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Charlestown, MA – New citizens are sworn in during a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Charlestown, MA – New citizen Madelyn Hossei plants a flag after a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Charlestown, MA – New citizen Alexandria Richards listens during a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Charlestown, MA – Members of the USS Constitution Honor Guard stand during a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Charlestown, MA – New citizen Jigme Choedon waves a flag during a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Charlestown, MA – New citizens wave flags as they are sworn in during a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
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