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Columbus Library Hosts Region's First Naturalization Ceremony

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published April 13, 2017 at 6:14 AM EDT

Dozens of central Ohio residents from around the world were sworn in yesterday in Columbus as U.S. citizens. A special naturalization ceremony was held at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, granting citizenship to 240 people from more than 50 countries. It was the largest ceremony of its kind ever held in central Ohio.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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