Ronald Reagan actually said...

Tonight, with heart and hand, through whatever trial and travail, we pledge ourselves to each other and to the cause of human freedom.

But the ceremony would have gone on if there was no coverage.

Let us listen to the words again: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'

The music of Rudy Vallee will be a part of American culture for generations to come.