 And from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, helping NPR advance journalistic excellence in the digital age. It's Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. And I'm Layla Faldin. To celebrate the Fourth of July, we asked newly naturalized citizens about what it means for them to be an American. I love these stories. Our producer Katie Klein attended a naturalization ceremony in Baltimore, and she met a man from the Democratic Republic of Congo.