The 100th Anniversary of the Black Tom Explosion – Chad Millman

The Hoboken Historical Museum inaugurated its World War I Centennial lecture series, “Heaven, Hell, or Hoboken,” on August 21, 2016 with Chad Millman, author of “The Detonators,” an in-depth look at the July 1916 sabotage plot to blow up a munitions depot off the shore of Jersey City, on a piece of land once known as Black Tom Island. The explosion shattered glass for miles around, yet the incident was initially downplayed, to avoid stoking public support for America’s entry into World War I.