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Seven members of the U.S. armed forces, including from left, Petty Officer First Class Sherwin Shane Shepherd, of Guyana, Sgt. Nilton Alonso Arrubla Torres, of Colombia, Spc. Herbert Rainiero Gomez Maldonado, of El Salvador, and Spc. Bryan Curato Atega, of the Philippines, are sworn in as citizens during a Naturalization Ceremony on Liberty Island in New York Saturday July 4, 2009. The first visitors were allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown Saturday in nearly eight years after it was closed to the public after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP Photos/David Goldman)