Remembering Picatinny Arsenal’s 1926 Explosion

Event to be held at Morris County Library, 30 E Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ 07981

Morris County Historical Society and Morris County Heritage Commission are pleased to present a Revolutionary Lecture Series to celebrate the rich and vast history that makes Morris County so special. Join us for a series of 12 lectures that will cover topics from our area’s role in the American Revolution to the early engineering marvels that forever changed the landscape to the local figures that made national history.

Morris County was forever changed on a hot July evening in 1926 when lightning from a thunderstorm struck a storehouse of surplus WWI explosives in what is now considered one of the worst man-made explosions in US history. Join Jason Huggan, Chief Environmental Affairs Division, and Jeff Ranu, M.E. Mortars Division, of Picatinny Arsenal to walk through the lead-up to the explosion, recently discovered footage of the carnage, and the sweeping changes that resulted from the disaster. FREE. Space is limited, pre-registration required. Zoom option available.