 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. 25 people became U.S. citizens that day. Here is the story of two of them. Andrew Jeffrey Doe. The one, Elizabeth Doe.