A man put his patriotic tie on eBay. Then he learned the buyer needed it for a citizenship ceremony.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/05/02/man-put-his-patriotic-tie-ebay-then-he-learned-buyer-needed-it-citizenship-ceremony/?utm_term=.0db390a11e06

Marc Johnson and his wife were cleaning out their closets a few weeks ago in Arlington, Va. when he realized he had too many neckties. So he listed several on eBay.

One of the ties posted by Johnson — a consultant and former CIA case officer — had an American flag theme, and he asked for $6.99 for it.

Johnson tweeted: “He said he really wanted it because he wanted to wear it TO HIS SWEARING IN CEREMONY TO BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.”

Campher said Johnson’s gesture was so meaningful to him, he knew he had to send a triumphant photo of himself wearing the tie and posing with his family at the federal courthouse in Columbus.
“It’s a thing that reminds us people can be kind to each other, and this is who we are,” Johnson said in an interview. “With very few exceptions, everybody in this country is an immigrant in one way or another by ancestry if nothing else.”