About 76 people swore in as American citizens Friday aboard the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, as part of a special Independence Day-themed naturalization ceremony put on by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The ceremony opened with Laaura Fies, the Chief Operating Officer of the USS Hornet, speaking to the crowd about the history of the aircraft carrier. Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
District Judge James Donato then took to the stage to administer the Oath of Allegiance. Before he did so, Donato shared his own family’s story of immigrating from Sicily. He asked the soon-to-be American citizens to tell their own stories often and proudly.
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