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FORT KNOX,

FORT KNOX,. KENTUCKY. OUTLINE. FACTS HISTORY -Construction -WWII SECURITY. Holds solid gold worth an estimated 140 billion dollars ( usmint.gov ) Run by the US Mint ( usmint.gov ) No visitors No Exceptions ( usmint.gov ).

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FORT KNOX,

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  1. FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY

  2. OUTLINE • FACTS • HISTORY -Construction -WWII • SECURITY

  3. Holds solid gold worth an estimated 140 billion dollars (usmint.gov) • Run by the US Mint (usmint.gov) • No visitors No Exceptions (usmint.gov)

  4. Holds over 4,600 tons of gold bullion (usmint.gov) • Roughly 2.5% of all the gold ever refined throughout human history (usmint.gov) • Fort Knox is the safest and most secure place on earth. (usmint.gov)

  5. 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlawed the private ownership of gold • Federal Reserve increased from $4 billion to $12 billion between 1933 and 1937 • In 1936, the U.S. Treasury Department began construction of the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky

  6. The vault door is weighs 22 tons • The Fort is guarded by the United States Military • 30,000 soldiers, with associated tanks, armored personnel carriers, attack helicopters, and artillery.

  7. Fort Knox is empty? (timesonline.co.uk) • Fort Knox has no gold But…

  8. Houses a Government lab • Has the cure to cancer and AIDS • Has alien bodies and spacecraft

  9. The world may never know…

  10. OVERVIEW • Fort Knox established in 1937 • Safest place on earth • Holds estimated 140 billion in gold (or does it?) • Held important historical documents during and after WWII • Could be a secret government lab where they do crazy alien experiments

  11. Work CITED Page • http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5989271.ece • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository • http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fun_facts/?action=fun_facts13 • http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/CoinLibrary/#Pres

  12. QUESTIONS??

  13. MY INFO • DAVID AGUILO • DYA5099@PSU.EDU

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