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DATE: Friday, July 5, 1996                  TAG: 9607050134
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CELEBRATING, WITH CITIZENSHIP

MEMO: Holiday roundup, Page B1.< ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by Candice C. Cusic

CELEBRATING, WITH CITIZENSHIP

Just after taking the oath of citizenship, Ana Salis of Newport

News, above, shows off the U.S. flag to her 1-year-old son, Alex.

Salis, 25, is from Mexico, and has lived in Newport News for five

years. Mother and son joined some of the area's newest citizens at a

naturalization ceremony held Wednesday at Town Point Park in

Norfolk. Left, participants, including ODU student Xanthia

Samaropoulos, recite the Pledge of Allegiance. by CNB