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Citizenship Ceremony

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Today we went to a citizenship ceremony that was part of our immigration study but we couldn’t go in the fall because there wasn’t a ceremony then. It was interesting to see how it all played out. It was cool to know how hard everyone worked to get to that moment and how happy they were when they got their citizenship papers. Family and friends gave new citizens presents like pineapples and pinwheels. There were 30 people who became new citizens and they came from 18 countries including Vietnam, Ireland, Ethiopia, Iran, Sudan, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Russia and more. At the end the judge told a story about a Polish family that ran away from their village during WWII. The mom, Malka and her kids, George and Judith went to Italy and then to Bangor, Maine. The dad died unexpectedly. Even though George and Judith were new to America and couldn't speak English at first, they studied hard in school. George got a scholarship to UMaine and then to Harvard. He then became a judge in the courtroom we were in. She told us that story to inspire everyone that anyone can do good things and that everyone (except Native Americans) have a story of coming to America. This was a really interesting thing for us to do and it was a good end to our immigration study.



Charlie, Ivy, Sasha, Henry, Jack, Jane, Jenny, Eliza, Yasmeen, and Kirby

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