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Website. www .hersheyland .com /home. Milton S. Hershey, c. 1915. Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945) was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist. Trained in the confectionery business, Hershey pioneered the manufacture of caramel, using fresh milk. He launched the Lancaster Caramel Company, which ...
Hershey, Pennsylvania witnessed a six-day sit-down strike of workers at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in 1937. The strike ended in violence, as dairy workers and loyal Hershey employees stormed the factory to force out strikers. Eventually, the company signed an agreement with the American Federation of Labor through the Bakery and ...
63 West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, U.S. Coordinates. 40°17′16″N 76°39′27″W / . 40.2878902°N 76.6575766°W. / 40.2878902; -76.6575766. Website. hersheystory.org. The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue is devoted to the history and legacy of Milton S. Hershey and the chocolate candy confections he ...
Catherine Sweeney Hershey was interred for four years at the West Laurel Hill Receiving Vault in Philadelphia, but later moved to the Hershey Cemetery after it was established. On the day of the funeral, March 27, 1915, "Milton Hershey gave his employees the day off and provided a free train ticket to Philadelphia so they could attend the service."
H. B. Reese. Harry Burnett Reese (May 24, 1879 – May 16, 1956) was an American inventor and businessman known for creating the number one-selling candy brand in the United States; Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, [1] and founding the H. B. Reese Candy Company. [2] In 2009, he was posthumously inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame.
The Hershey Trust Company is an American corporation incorporated on April 28, 1905, by Milton S. Hershey, Harry Lebkicher and John E. Snyder.The Hershey Trust Company serves as the Trustee of the Milton Hershey School Trust, The M.S. Hershey Foundation and the Hershey Cemetery Perpetual Care Maintenance Trust and focuses its business solely on these trusts, to advance the legacy of Milton and ...
The Hershey Company was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894 as the Hershey Chocolate Company, originally established as a subsidiary of his Lancaster Caramel Company. The Hershey Trust Company owns a minority stake but retains a majority of the voting power within the company. Hershey's chocolate is available in 60 countries.
Website. www .mhskids .org. The Milton Hershey School, formerly the Hershey Industrial School, is a private boarding school in Hershey, Pennsylvania for K–12 students. The institution was founded in 1909 by chocolate industrialist Milton Hershey and his wife, Catherine Hershey . The school began with four students in 1910.