Mohammad Mounir Reda, originally from Lebanon, waves the U.S. flag after saying the Oath of Citizenship.
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Sixth graders at DeVeaux Elementary School created a poster for each citizen, highlighting facts about the U.S.A. while acknowledging their country of origin.
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28 citizens from 16 countries become U.S. citizens in a ceremony before upper grade students of DeVeaux Elementary School.
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Guest speaker Joel Paul speaking to the citizens-to-be. He is a special education teacher at the school, originally from Trinidad & Tobago.
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DeVeaux students lead the assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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The Cordero family, originally from the Philippines, from left, mom Sarah Asuncion Quijano Cordero, son Paolo Miguel Quijano, dad Manuel San Augustin Cordero, Jr., daughter Cristina Denise Quijano Cordero, and daughter Angelica Marie Quijano Cordero, say the Pledge of Allegiance.
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DeVeaux student Joi'Sona Green reads "The New Colossus" during the ceremony.
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Judge Jack Zouhary, of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio Western Division, presiding over the ceremony.
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Members of the Cordero family, originally from the Philippines, who became citizens in the ceremony.
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The Cordero family, originally from the Philippines, saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
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DeVeaux principal Chad Henderly welcomes the gathered.
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Evelyn Dzubey, originally from Ghana, left, and Mohammad Mounir Reda, originally from Lebanon, during the ceremony.
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New citizen Amina Farag Badawi, left, originally from Egypt, is helped by her son Mohammad Amin. They live in Toledo.
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Angela Abbott, of Toledo, left, with her co-worker and new citizen Patricia Evadney Orr-Holgate, center, and Judge Jack Zouhary. Holgate was originally from Jamaica.
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Gautam Jashvantlal Barot, left, originally from India, with DeVeaux sixth graders Christian Neal, 11, and David Wright, 13.
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Angela Abbott, of Toledo, center, and DeVeaux principal Chad Henderly, remove the poster from the wall for new citizen Patricia Evadney Orr-Holgate. Holgate was originally from Jamaica, and now lives in Toledo.
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Ivaylo Iliev Klimentov, rear and left, a new citizen from Bulgaria, rear and left, and his wife Rachel, both of Port Clinton.
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