Finally , Premiere will present a free sneak preview of the 2017/2018 Liberty Live Commission , Martin Casella 's '' Black Tom Island '' , November 17 – 19 in the Miron Student Center at Kean University . Based on an actual incident that took place in Jersey City in 1916 , '' Black Tom Island '' explores the first documented terrorist attack on American soil through the lens of a fictionalized Slovak immigrant and his wife who may or may not be involved in the attack . The Liberty Live Commission is in partnership with the Liberty Hall Museum
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