On a normal Saturday in February, we have 400 people. We had 2,000 in six hours the day before Super Bowl. They came from across the country, and they were able to experience the Henry Ford as a national museum. A lot of people didn't know what we had to offer.
I worked for General Foods building restaurants around the United States. I've always loved history. I went back to school and got into museums. The shared principle is how you can better design and align an organization and service.
Even before the museum opened in 1929, Henry Ford was acquiring artifacts.
Think about it. The winter of Valley Forge. He's not sleeping on the ground. He's not wet. And he's got air above him, so he's not freezing.
The idea is that the declaration said, 'All Men are Created Equal,' but still, the declaration is not realized. Lincoln was keeping the country whole for the declaration and not letting it die.