Behind Lady Liberty's Right Shoulder! Women of Courage: In the Explosions At Black Tom Island and Kingsland, New Jersey: 1916-1917

Before the Oklahoma City Bombing and the Nine-Eleven Twin Towers Attack, there were the Black Tom Island and the Kingsland Explosions of 1916 and 1917 respectively. There were acts of sabotage as well as terror. The Black Tom Explosion has been historically described as one of the worst acts of terrorism on U.S. soil. However, the press and law enforcement of that day initially labeled these explosions as accidents due to the nature of the munitions that were being shipped from Black Tom Te...