In a brazen attempt to deceive the public, Secretary Meyer of the Navy Department allegedly misled the people of Portsmouth, New Hampshire into believing that he planned to abandon the historic Portsmouth navy yard. But a shocking revelation at the annual meeting of the Board of Trade and Merchants Exchange at the Hotel Rockingham on January 3rd, 1912, exposed the truth behind Meyer’s duplicitous intentions.
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Key Facts
- State: New Hampshire
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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