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Friday August 10, 2007 10:38 am (EST)
A jovial new United States citizen Helen Pacheco waves the American flag in the air as the rain falls on her. In her arms the application for an American Passport. Helen Pacheco, originally from Portugal, along with 30 other Bristol County residents took the Oath of Allegiance aboard the battleship USS Massachusetts at Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA to become American citizens.
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