Some 111 people from 52 countries became U.S. citizens Tuesday during a ceremony at the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Smiles abounded during the ceremony. New citizens held small American flags as they listened to speakers and waited to take the oath of allegiance.
While Mount Pleasant in Charleston County isn’t in the Southern Crescent, people in the new group of citizens lived in communities across the region. Alvaro Koo, who serves in the Air Force at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, said he was proud to be a U.S. citizen. “Now I’m actually part of the country I’m serving,” said the senior airman who was born in Panama.
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Photograph taken Sept. 17, 2013, by Andy Brack. All rights reserved.