Dozens Pledge Allegiance As New U.S. CItizens
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Updated: 10:43 AM Jun 15, 2009
Dozens Pledge Allegiance As New U.S. CItizens
Beatrice
Dozens of people from all over the world are now United States citizens.
Posted: 9:31 AM Jun 15, 2009
Reporter: KOLNKGIN
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Dozens of people from all over the world are now United States citizens.

Homestead National Monument of America hosted a United States Citizenship and Naturalization Ceremony Sunday on Flag Day.

Homestead National Monument was a significant place to host the event.

According to Superintendent Mark Engler, The Homestead Act of 1862 brought millions of people to the United States to become citizens and have a chance to make a better life for themselves and their children.

Click on the video link to see part of the ceremony and hear from some new citizens.

Homestead National Monument of America is a unit of the National Park Service located four miles west of Beatrice, Nebraska. Summer hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily and admission is free of charge.


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Posted by: Ed Location: Panhandle on Jun 15, 2009 at 12:31 PM

Good for them they earned citizens ship and did it right! What I don't understand is there was only a dozen?
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