fort knox,
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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 ). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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)
• 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)
• 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
• 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.
• Fort Knox is empty? (timesonline.co.uk)
• Fort Knox has no gold But…
• Houses a Government lab• Has the cure to cancer and AIDS• Has alien bodies and spacecraft
• The world may never know…
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it?)• Held important historical documents during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
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
QUESTIONS??
• MY INFO• DAVID AGUILO• [email protected]