Herbert Hoover actually said...

"For that cooperation we have held during these 150 years a grateful remembrance."

"It is not too much to say that without Washington the war for independence would not have been won."

"It is both my duty and pleasure to express the appreciation of your many guests to both the Commission and the people of Virginia for your bounteous hospitality."

"No person here present, no schoolchild of the millions listening in on this occasion, needs reminder of the significance of the Battle of Yorktown."