Thank you for making the wonderful photograph of Sama Alziadi and her father, Tariq, at their naturalization ceremony the centerpiece of the April 9 front page.

What a refreshing change from the usual diet of bad news and blowhard politicians! Hurrah for them, and hurrah for Lyman Moore Middle School (which hosted the ceremony) for giving its students such a great learning experience.

Sama Alziadi, 4, and her father, Tariq Alziadi, both of Sanford, who came to this country from Iraq, wait to be sworn in during a naturalization ceremony at Lyman Moore Middle School in Portland on April 8. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

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No one needs to make America great “again,” but Sama and Tariq will certainly make it greater.

Neil Gallagher

Brunswick

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