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Love of country

September 16, 2011 12:00 am • Last Updated: September 16, 2011 5:10 pm

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

d.jensen@theday.com

Akeim Greene of Waterbury, whose former homeland was Barbados, celebrates his new U.S. citizenship as he spots someone in the audience Friday, Sept. 16, 2011.

New London - The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services held a naturalization ceremony for 14 Connecticut residents at the Coast Guard Academy Friday.

The candidates for citizenship were originally from countries including Albania, Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Poland and St. Lucia.

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