Henry Ford ...

• tried three times before he started his own company
• organized the Ford Peace Ship in an effort to make peace in Europe
• owned his own newspaper, The Dearborn Independent
• ran for the United States Senate
• altered his factories to produce war materials for World War II
• gave most of his money to charities and other needing foundations

• is 100 years old
• in 1913 put into action the first ever moving assembly line
• by 1918 half of all the cars in America were Model Ts
• made over $5 billion in 1988, the most every by any vehicle manufacture