Editing Milton S. Hershey (section)

==Close call of the ''Titanic''==
In 1912, the Hersheys were booked to travel on the maiden voyage of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] luxury liner [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]. They canceled their reservations at the last minute due to business matters requiring Hershey's attention. The cancellation is often incorrectly attributed to Kitty Hershey falling ill, but by this time, she had been ill for several years.<ref>Daugherty, Greg, "[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seven-famous-people-who-missed-the-titanic-101902418/ Seven Famous People Who Missed the ''Titanic'']." ''Smithsonian Magazine'', March 2012.</ref> Instead, they booked passage to New York on the German luxury liner ''[[USS America (ID-3006)|SS Amerika]]''. The former Hershey Museum displayed a copy of the check Milton Hershey wrote to the [[White Star Line]] as a deposit for a first-class stateroom on the ''Titanic''.<ref>Todd Mountford [http://blog.pennlive.com/life/2009/01/milton_s_hersheys_link_to_tita.html ”Milton S.Hershey's link to Titanic highlights exhibit“. ''The Harrisburg Patriot-News'', January 10, 2009.]</ref> This copy is now located in the archives of the [[The Hershey Story|Hershey Story Museum]], which replaced the original Hershey Museum in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hersheystory.org|title=The Hershey Story|website=www.hersheystory.org|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref>