Dedication and Naturalization Ceremony

Kristin Eberts

Saturday, May 1, 2010

A Law Day celebration that included the dedication of the Judicial Education and History Center and a Naturalization Ceremony for 14 new United States citizens was held at the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Friday, April 30, 2010.

Felicitas Tinio Raquel, originally of the Phillipines, introduces herself and shares her thoughts about becoming a citizen as fellow petitioners and Assistant U.S. Attorney and Naturalization Examiner Paul Hahn, left, stand by during a Law Day celebration that included the dedication of the Judicial Education and History Center and a Naturalization Ceremony for 14 new United States citizens at the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Friday, April 30, 2010. (Kristin Eberts)
Dr. Kenneth Dobbins, President of Southeast Missouri State University, addresses the crowd during a Law Day celebration that included the dedication of the Judicial Education and History Center and a Naturalization Ceremony for 14 new United States citizens at the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Friday, April 30, 2010. (Kristin Eberts)
United States District Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., addresses the crowd during a Law Day celebration that included the dedication of the Judicial Education and History Center and a Naturalization Ceremony for 14 new United States citizens at the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Friday, April 30, 2010. (Kristin Eberts)
New citizens of the United States take an oath during a Law Day celebration that included the dedication of the Judicial Education and History Center and a Naturalization Ceremony for 14 new United States citizens at the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Friday, April 30, 2010. (Kristin Eberts)

Fourteen petitioners wait to be declared U.S. citizens during a Law Day celebration that included the dedication of the Judicial Education and History Center and a Naturalization Ceremony for 14 new United States citizens at the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Friday, April 30, 2010. (Kristin Eberts)