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- Lusitania. New Jersey citizens – 24-year-old Phyllis Hutchinson of West Orange and Hoboken native Mary Picton Stevens – were onboard the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom in the spring of 1915.
- Trenton Roebling Works. New Jersey’s ports and factories were sabotaged for two years before America entered the war, which brought the conflict close to home for the Garden State.
- Black Tom Island. Just over a year later, the biggest explosion and attack on a port that housed munitions happened at Black Tom Island, a major munitions depot off the coast of Jersey City.
- Heaven, Hell or Hoboken. Military bases at Fort Dix and Camp Merritt and the port of Hoboken were often the first and last stops for thousands of Americans going abroad and returning home.
Select: “ World War I ”. Select: “ Documents ”. Section Three of the Espionage Act. Report of a Federal Raid on the New Jersey - Frei Zeitung, 1917. Benjamin and Edward Preith Answer the Charges Against Them. Articles on Wartime Rumors, 1917.
Although New Jersey's economy suffered a brief slump following the end of the War as production for military needs declined, the state soon entered a period of strong growth in the 1920s, only to be brought to an abrupt halt at the end of the decade.
May 15, 2017 · Discover The Spot Where WWI Ended in Bridgewater, New Jersey: American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the...
Feb 24, 2021 · When the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917, New Jersey joined other states in sending resources – human and material. But, as has been the case frequently in the history of the Garden State, its unique location on the busy Atlantic coast and diverse mixture of residents and resources led to other significant contributions to ...
From the outbreak of hostilities in Europe in 1914 until the 1918 Armistice, New Jersey businesses boomed, ultimately providing munitions, ships, chemicals, automobile parts, and petroleum products to the Allies.
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Jul 29, 2016 · At least five people were killed, including a baby in Jersey City who was thrown from his crib, and there was an estimated $20 million—the equivalent of some $500 million today—in property...
