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VOLUME 136

NUMBER 158

SINCE 1879

FRIDAY 07.03.15

Watch fireworksexplode across skyTheres nothing like a fireworks display when yourecelebrating Independence Day. Youll have plenty of spotsfrom which to choose the best view this weekend.

Show yourcolors inManasquanDont miss the patriotic bikedecorating contest andparade, and fireworks atnight.

Southsidesback inAsburyHe returns to The StonePony. Special guest MaxWeinberg plays with theWeeklings.

Happy hourFirebirds, Eatontown: 4 to 6:30 p.m., $4signature martinis, margaritas and cocktails;$4 select glasses of wine; $2 off draft beer.

The Shore House, Point Pleasant: 6 p.m.to close: $2 Coors Light drafts, $2.50 CoorsLight bottles; Beat the Bottle, 9 p.m. toclose: $1 mixed drinks; they go up $1 everyhour maxing out at $4

Pazzo, Red Bank: 4 to 7 p.m., $3 drafts and$5 mixed drinks

beacheditionYOUR WEEKEND GUIDE DOWN THE SHORE

All this and more inside! 2A

ADVICE JERSEY ALIVE!BUSINESS 16ACLASSIFIED 4DCOMICS JERSEY ALIVE!LOCAL 3A

LOTTERIES 2AOBITUARIES 17AOPINION 10ASPORTS 1CWEATHER 6C

BP TO PAY $18.7 BILLION SETTLEMENT IN OIL RIG DISASTER PAGE 1B

Springsteens mostpatriotic songs.Jersey Alive!

Boss joins BrianWilson on stage. 3A

Lillie Ingrid Peterson attempted to look reserved,with a closed-mouth smile and a floral shirt buttoned tothe collar, as she sat for a photograph. But the gentleupward curve of the corners of her lips and twinkle inher light blue eyes hint at a joy thats still evident some70 years after the photo was taken.

The 62-year-old housewife and mother of five wasabout to take the oath that would make her a U.S. citi-zen, about 45 years after she left her native Sweden onthe SS Oceanic.

Peterson, who made her home in Monmouth Beach

during the early 1900s, is one of roughly 35,000 peoplewho became U.S. citizens in Monmouth County over anearly 200-year span. Their lives and paths to citi-zenship are etched in record books that officialshope to preserve for the future.

The naturalization records give a glimpse of notonly a county but a country founded by immigrants.They tie together with the 4,000 new Americans whohave taken and will take the Oath of Allegiance in natu-ralization ceremonies across the country this week-end.

County saves centuries of citizenshipSUSANNE CERVENKA @SCERVENKA

See CITIZENS, Page 5A

American Pharoah turned out to be the horsethe sport has been waiting for, the first TripleCrown winner since Affirmed in 1978. h ButNew Jersey has been waiting for a horse like Amer-

ican Pharoah for more than 69 years. h So when Amer-

ican Pharoah goes postward in the Haskell Invitation-

al on Aug. 2, the first appearance of a Triple Crown

winner at Monmouth Park will be as big as anything

thats ever happened along Oceanport Avenue, or at

any track in the Garden State, for that matter.

HASKELL INVITATIONAL

Pharoah riding to N.J. racings rescue

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Victor Espinoza celebrates atop American Pharoah in June after winning the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes,making the thoroughbred the first horse in 37 years to win horse racings Triple Crown.

Historic day forMonmouth Park

STEPHEN EDELSON @STEVEEDELSONAPP

See PHAROAH, Page 18A

Its even bigger than the

Breeders Cup. This is a

Triple Crown winner.

People said no one would

ever do it again.

DENNIS DRAZIN, ADVISER TO NEW JERSEYTHOROUGHBRED HORSEMENS ASSOCIATION

IN SPORTS

Racetrack, American Pharoahs ownerplanning great day for Haskell. Page 1C