text:  To celebrate the 4th of July this week, Independence Day, we are hearing from our newest citizens by choice about what it means for them to become Americans. On Flag Day, a naturalization ceremony took place in Baltimore, Maryland. It was held at the house where the star-spangled banner flag was first sewn in 1813. Twenty-five people became U.S. citizens that day. Here is the story of two of them. Andrew Jeffrey Doe. John Elizabeth Doe.