New Citizens Liberty At 125

From Yahoo News:
"New citizens sworn in at Statue of Liberty celebration"

She arrived in the United States from France 125 years ago, and has welcomed her fellow immigrants ever since. And although far fewer people literally sail past her on their first arrival to U.S. shores, much was made of her enduring symbolism at a ceremony on Friday marking the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty's dedication. Hundreds of people took ferries across New York Harbor to Liberty Island on a cold but sunny Friday for the celebration in the statue's shadow. It began with a naturalization ceremony for 125 immigrants from more than 40 countries, who would leave the island as U.S. citizens. The "Star Spangled Banner" was performed, but so was "La Marseillaise", France's national anthem, recognizing that the copper-clad statue was a gift from the people of France to the people of America and designed by the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.

^ I think it is very fitting to make people new American citizens at a ceremony on the 125 th anniversary of the opening of the Statue of Liberty. It shows how the Statue has survived and thrived as a symbol of freedom and the American Dream both in the US and around the world. ^

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