@untoldstoriesofhistory: Why can’t you go in the torch at the Statue of Liberty? The short answer is because of the Germans. The long answer is in this video. The black Tom Island explosion is one of the strangest World War I stories in history. #History #blacktomisland #learnontiktokcontest #EducatorAward #WWI
I knew about it. My grandmother actually told me about going to the torch when she was a child. Also she was working in Manhattan and watched the Hindenburg float by on its way to it's mooring in NJ.
2025-12-03 18:42:04
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Josh Dople :
When I was a kid people could and did go into the Torch . I’ve seen new footage and pictures of people in it.
2026-07-24 05:13:49
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librarydragonfly :
this is information that is kind of pivotal to understand ww1 and 2...
2025-12-03 17:33:43
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deez ⛳️ putts :
I’ve lived here my entire life, my ancestors lived here for the past 150 years, and I have never heard this!
2025-12-03 17:54:43
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🇵🇸QUSAI🇵🇸 :
Then after 97 years and 7 days later I was born
2026-05-19 12:20:11
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TC Lou :
I live on the West Coast and I’ve never heard this story before. I don’t think it was Totten our history classes.
2025-12-07 17:43:13
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Catherine Colombo :
As always, an interesting history nugget
2025-12-03 18:16:59
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mrspam.08 :
wow. this is crazy!
2025-12-09 12:40:48
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Tanya Gregory Turner :
I heard about this! Love history!
2025-12-04 03:43:45
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jeooneoo :
I never knew this. thank tou
2026-03-16 21:57:55
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priv.liam15 :
July 30th was the day I was born in 2011
2026-04-06 19:07:01
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Battle-Axolotl :
I'm still confused about why it's still closed? We could've rebuilt it and opened it again at any point, why haven't we? What else is being left out of this story?
2026-04-04 16:12:44
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Julz (with a Z) :
@Julz (with a Z): Sounds eerily familiar to 9/11. Did we really learn how to deal with National Security from this? If we don’t learn from history we’re doomed to repeat it…
2025-12-08 03:51:44
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