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Eugenia Walter admires the certificate that her son, Michal Walter, originally from Poland, received after becoming an American citizen during a special naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on We Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Sofia Mandujano, 5, blows on her flag while being photographed with her mother, Katia Mandujano, after a naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Mandujano, originally f Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Lorena Allen, originally from Santiago, Chile, attends a special naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. One hundred forty-six people, including Allen, became citizens Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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One hundred forty-six of America’s newest citizens recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a special naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Cecilia Osegueda, originally from Costa Rica, and Ivan Solorzano, originally from Guatemala, left, recite the Oath of Citizenship during a special naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesda Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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One hundred forty-six of America’s newest citizens participate in a special naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. The ceremony is part of USCIS’s annual celebration o Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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One hundred forty-six of America’s newest citizens participate in a special naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. The ceremony is part of USCIS’s annual celebration o Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Luis Juvier, originally from Cuba, left, and Lobsang Gelek, originally from Tibet, applaud after becoming American citizens during a special naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sep Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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U.S. Senior District Judge David Sam presides over a special naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Ana Ndayishimiye, originally from Congo, right, Zillah Musungu, originally from Kenya, and Claudine Niyonsenga, originally from Burundi, pose for a photo after becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony at The Garden Place at This Is the Plac Laura Seitz, Deseret News

By Deseret News

The United States welcomed 146 new citizens at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services saw the new citizens take the oath during a special naturalization ceremony.

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This ceremony is part of USCIS’s annual celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.

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