When he was seven, my husband, along with his Dutch parents, became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. To do this, he was required to renounce all allegiance to any foreign power. He promised to support and defend his new nation and to obey its laws. At the end of the ceremony, he received an American flag. He was disappointed to discover that it had only forty-nine stars, despite Hawaii’s recent statehood. Apparently the officials
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