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July 2, 2007

Update: A grand old flag for a new citizen / Photo

Journal photo / Sandor Bodo
Thelma Espinal, of Providence, holds an American flag at a ceremoney where she and more than 50 Rhode Island residents took the oath of allegiance to become a U.S. citizen this morning at the Roger Williams National Memorial Park in Providence.

The park is named after the founder of Rhode Island, who established a settlement to provide refuge for those seeking religious freedom in 1636.

People from more than 20 nations -- including Cambodia, Malaysia, the Ukraine, Liberia, Bolivia and Iraq -- were among taking the citizenship oath today, two days before the annual celebration of the Declaration of Independence, on July 4, 1776.

-- With Associated Press reports

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