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)
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