These 27 people from 20 countries, were sworn in as citizens on the USS Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides", the world's oldest commissioned warship. - - Donna Poisl
By Kathleen Burge, Globe Staff
Lisa Anne O’Connor Dalton first saw Boston from the water a decade ago, when she sailed into the city as a crew member on one of the Tall Ships that had crossed the Atlantic. She fell for Boston, hard, and came back as soon as she could. Seven years ago, as her father was dying in Ireland, he made her promise to continue sailing in America.
Yesterday, the paralegal who also teaches blind children and adults to sail found herself on another ship: the USS Constitution, where she and 26 other immigrants officially became American citizens. O’Connor Dalton, whose team of blind and sighted sailors won a bronze medal in last year’s Blind Sailing World Championship Regatta, was accompanied by her husband, John Dalton, a man from Ireland whom she met in America.
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