September, 25th, 2012, 11AM, at the Delco Activity Center.
I was encouraged to invite guests, and I really hope some would be able to join me, even though it's on a Tuesday. I am supposed to report there at 11AM, and the actual ceremony starts at 2PM. I haven't been to one of these before, but here is one explanation I've found to the question how long these ceremonies last:
It really depends on the actual size of the Ceremony and on when the Judge shows up. All the applicants for naturalization first have to present their Notice. You need to complete the questions on the back and sign it before you get in line. An Officer will check the answers with you and at some point someone will take your greencard and any re-entry permits that you have. You will be seated, it may be assigned seating in groups according to a particular digit in your A# or it might be first in-first-seated. It depends on the seating arrangement and other logistics, staffing etc.
You'll sit and wait until everyone is seated. There may be preliminary speakers, the judge usually says something they hope is inspiring, then the Oath, the Pledge, the Anthem, they should play a video message from the President, and finally, they hand out the Certificates... Some ceremonies have Passport agents there to collect passport applications. Some ceremonies have folks there from non-partisan voter registration, either the Board of Elections employees or a group such as the Laegue of Women Voters to supply voter registration forms, help you fill it out and hand it in.
Oath: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...00b92ca60aRCRD
And here you can find some photos from the oath ceremony at the Delco center from two years ago.
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