To commemorate an achievement no less than a lifetime in the making, newly minted U.S. citizen Regina Simmons received from her very best American friends ... a book. But not just any book. It was "1776," David McCullough's well-woven tale about the struggling birth of American liberty - a condition that today is as often taken for granted as it is poorly understood. ...more

March 29, 2009

My mind drifted back to the patriotic naturalization ceremony of a close friend. ...more

December 5, 2008

U.S. citizenship was a long time coming for Stanley Bryan. He came to this country from Jamaica 54 years ago. On Wednesday, the Winter Haven man joined 446 others taking the oath of citizenship at the Tampa Theatre. ...more

December 13, 2007

TAMPA - Originally from 79 nations, 447 people converged on the Tampa Theatre on Wednesday morning and traded their identities for a single new title: U.S. citizen. ...more

December 12, 2007