Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The 109,000 acre (170sq mi, 441km²) base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army human resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet Command and the United States Army Accessions Command.
Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles (8.0km) from the mouth of the river. Built between 1844 and 1869, it was the first fort in Maine built of granite (instead of wood). It is named after Major General Henry Knox, the first U.S. Secretary of War and Commander of Artillery during the American Revolutionary War, who at the end of his life lived not far away in Thomaston. The fort was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970, as a virtually intact example of a mid-19th century granite coastal fortification. Fort Knox also serves as the entry site for the observation tower of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge that opened to the public on May 19, 2007.
Background
Local memory of the humiliation of Maine at the hands of the British during the American Revolution and again during the War of 1812 contributed to subsequent anti-British feeling in Eastern Maine. The Penobscot Expedition of 1779 aimed to force the British from Castine, but ended in a debacle. The Americans lost 43 ships and suffered approximately 500 casualties in the worst naval defeat for the United States prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Then in autumn 1814, during the War of 1812, a British naval force and soldiers sailed up the Penobscot and defeated an outnumbered American force in the Battle of Hampden. The British followed their victory by looting both Hampden and Bangor. The American defeat contributed to the post-war movement for Maine's statehood, which occurred in 1820, as Massachusetts had failed to protect the region.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the French, British and American nations built and occupied a number of forts at Vincennes, Indiana. These outposts commanded a strategic position on the Wabash River.
Original Trading Post
The first trading post on the Wabash River was established by the Sieur Juchereau, Lieutenant General of Montreal. He, with 34 Canadians, founded the company post 28 October 1702 for the purpose of trading buffalo hides. The post was evidently a success; in the first three years, they collected over 13,000 buffalo hides. When Juchereau died, the post was abandoned, and the settlers left what they considered hostile territory for Mobile, the capital of Louisiana. The exact location of Juchereau's trading post is not known, but because of the crossing of the Buffalo Trace across the Wabash at Vincennes, it is thought by some to have been at or near the modern city of Vincennes. Some other historians place the post 50 miles further south.
Fort Knox is a nationally syndicated comic strip written and drawn by Paul Jon Boscacci. It centers on the life of the Knox family: Major Joe Knox, his wife Jane Knox and his two sons, Donald and Wesley. The family has moved to fictional Fort Lincoln, where they must adjust to a new base, a new town and a new school.
The strip was picked up for syndication by the Washington Post Writers Group in October 2009. The strip's art has been used by the USO for a CARE package coloring contest and has been featured on the US Army website as well.
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many of its pastures due to the fertile soil. One of the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky which houses two of its major cities, Louisville and Lexington. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park, the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River.
Kentucky (foaled 1861, died 1875), was a successful AmericanThoroughbredracehorse who won 21 of his 23 starts, including 20 consecutive wins.
He was by Lexington, who sired three colts in 1861 (out of Glencoe mares) and would each become one of the best race horses in America – Norfolk, Asteroid and Kentucky. Norfolk and Asteroid went undefeated throughout their racing careers, and one of the few horses who ever defeated Kentucky was Norfolk. Kentucky's dam was Magnolia, by the imported British champion Glencoe; Glencoe stood at John Harper's Nantura Stock Farm in Kentucky. His sire line traced back to Herod.
A rangy bay with a narrow white stripe and white off-fore pastern, Kentucky was owned by John Hunter, one of the founders of the Saratoga Race Course and co-owner (and the first chairman) of The Jockey Club.
Racing record
Probably trained by A.J. Minor (the facts are unclear), Kentucky won his only two-year-old start. At age three, racing for John Hunter, William R. Travers and George Osgood, he lost his second start in the inaugural Jersey Derby – coming in fourth to Norfolk. After that he won 20 consecutive races, including the first Travers Stakes in 1864 and the first two runnings of the Saratoga Cup at a distance of 2¼ miles. He also won the first Inaugural Stakes in four mile heats at the newly opened Jerome Park Racetrack. For three seasons (1864, 1865 and 1866), when races were two, three and four miles long, he was the undisputed champion of East Coast racing.
The iconic James Bond movie Goldfinger included scenes of gold stored in Fort Knox's United States Bullion Depository. Although the movie crew did shoot in the area, they didn't gain access to the actual depository, which remains super secret and protected with ultra-high security.
Why does the United States have a gold vault? During the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered gold out of circulation, and private citizens had to sell their gold to the U.S. government. A new depository was needed—preferably away East Coast cities thought to be vulnerable to attack.
The Fort Knox depository opened in 1937. Besides gold, the depository has also stored priceless documents like the Declaration of Independence and even the Magna Carta. Not all of the U.S. gold is stored here; go...
published: 14 May 2014
The Truth Behind Why Fort Knox Is Among The Most Heavily Guarded And Secretive Places In The World
The Truth Behind Why Fort Knox Is Among The Most Heavily Guarded And Secretive Places In The World
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published: 16 Dec 2018
Fort Knox Tour: Aug. 2017
Gov. Bevin tours Fort Knox, Kentucky.
published: 13 Aug 2017
ARMY FORT KNOX BARRACKS ROOM TOUR| 2018
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I've been TDY for two months and decided to show you the barracks life at Fort Knox, KY.
published: 06 Aug 2018
Inside The Heavily Guarded Fort Knox
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Fort Knox is so heavily guarded that it’s impossible to break into the gold depository. No one has even tried to steal the gold stored in the depository's impenetrable vault. The facility is surrounded by three fences and numerous security features. The grounds surrounding the fortress are protected by machine gun towers, land mines, motions detectors, and searchlights. Even making it to the front door without proper credentials is impossible. Fort Knox houses $291 billion worth of gold, and the facility has even housed priceless artifacts like the Magna Carta and Declaration of Independence. The secure facility is made of granite, concrete, and steel. No president has even been inside the Fort Knox vault since Fran...
published: 10 Mar 2021
Welcome to Fort Knox, Ky.
ARMY.MIL - U.S. Army Housing Services Office presents an introduction to Fort Knox, which is home to the Armor Center and School, Human Resource Command Center, and U.S. Army Recruiting Command.
http://www.army.mil/features
published: 19 May 2009
ROAD TRIP TO FORT KNOX, KY PART 1
Today we start our travels to Fort Knox, KY for an Army Course my wonderful wife is starting on Monday, this is exciting for her career because it is something she needs critically for promotion…. Enjoy Part 1 of our Road Trip!
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published: 15 May 2019
What's Really Inside Fort Knox?
Located just outside Louisville, Kentucky, Fort Knox is a top-secret United States Army post surrounded in mystery and conspiracy theories. Not only does it house a majority of the nation's gold reserve, it's so exclusive that even U.S. Presidents don't get an invite. So what exactly goes on behind closed doors?
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published: 07 Apr 2019
General George Patton Museum - Fort Knox, Kentucky
This is just a quick video of some of the items at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
published: 22 Oct 2018
FORT KNOX CENTENNIAL VIDEO
This video highlights Fort Knox’s 100 years of contributions to the U.S. military as well as the events that shaped the installation into what it is today.
The iconic James Bond movie Goldfinger included scenes of gold stored in Fort Knox's United States Bullion Depository. Although the movie crew did shoot in the ...
The iconic James Bond movie Goldfinger included scenes of gold stored in Fort Knox's United States Bullion Depository. Although the movie crew did shoot in the area, they didn't gain access to the actual depository, which remains super secret and protected with ultra-high security.
Why does the United States have a gold vault? During the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered gold out of circulation, and private citizens had to sell their gold to the U.S. government. A new depository was needed—preferably away East Coast cities thought to be vulnerable to attack.
The Fort Knox depository opened in 1937. Besides gold, the depository has also stored priceless documents like the Declaration of Independence and even the Magna Carta. Not all of the U.S. gold is stored here; gold is also stored at the mints in Philadelphia and Denver, at the West Point Bullion Depository, and at the San Francisco Assay Office.
The two-story building here is constructed of granite, steel, and concrete. The vault inside is made of steel and encased in concrete; the door to the vault weighs more than 20 tons.
Fort Knox historian Paul Urbahns and former vault employee Doug Simmons share captivating inside stories about the depository's history and significance.
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The iconic James Bond movie Goldfinger included scenes of gold stored in Fort Knox's United States Bullion Depository. Although the movie crew did shoot in the area, they didn't gain access to the actual depository, which remains super secret and protected with ultra-high security.
Why does the United States have a gold vault? During the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered gold out of circulation, and private citizens had to sell their gold to the U.S. government. A new depository was needed—preferably away East Coast cities thought to be vulnerable to attack.
The Fort Knox depository opened in 1937. Besides gold, the depository has also stored priceless documents like the Declaration of Independence and even the Magna Carta. Not all of the U.S. gold is stored here; gold is also stored at the mints in Philadelphia and Denver, at the West Point Bullion Depository, and at the San Francisco Assay Office.
The two-story building here is constructed of granite, steel, and concrete. The vault inside is made of steel and encased in concrete; the door to the vault weighs more than 20 tons.
Fort Knox historian Paul Urbahns and former vault employee Doug Simmons share captivating inside stories about the depository's history and significance.
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The Truth Behind Why Fort Knox Is Among The Most Heavily Guarded And Secretive Places In The World
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The Truth Behind Why Fort Knox Is Among The Most Heavily Guarded And Secretive Places In The World
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Fort Knox is so heavily guarded that it’s impossible to break into the gold depository. No one has even tried to steal the gold stored in the depository's impenetrable vault. The facility is surrounded by three fences and numerous security features. The grounds surrounding the fortress are protected by machine gun towers, land mines, motions detectors, and searchlights. Even making it to the front door without proper credentials is impossible. Fort Knox houses $291 billion worth of gold, and the facility has even housed priceless artifacts like the Magna Carta and Declaration of Independence. The secure facility is made of granite, concrete, and steel. No president has even been inside the Fort Knox vault since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. No single person knows the entire combination to the gold vault. The door weighs 22 tons and is impervious to machine gun fire, flamethrowers, and explosives. Each piece of the combination must be entered by a separate official. The fortress is surveilled at all times by the United States Mint Police, and all the guards who work at the fortress are highly-skilled and heavily armed. Every hallway inside Fort Knox is covered in motion detectors, video cameras, and hidden microphones. Sneaking around inside is absolutely out of the question. The gold that is deposited in the vault is transported in highly secure trucks and counted and authenticated before being put inside. It cost approximately $560,000 to build Fort Knox in 1936. That’s about $9.3 million when adjusted for inflation. Here’s a secret look inside of Fort Knox.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Exterior
03:07 Main Level
03:54 Basement Level
05:07 Top Level
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Fort Knox is so heavily guarded that it’s impossible to break into the gold depository. No one has even tried to steal the gold stored in the depository's impenetrable vault. The facility is surrounded by three fences and numerous security features. The grounds surrounding the fortress are protected by machine gun towers, land mines, motions detectors, and searchlights. Even making it to the front door without proper credentials is impossible. Fort Knox houses $291 billion worth of gold, and the facility has even housed priceless artifacts like the Magna Carta and Declaration of Independence. The secure facility is made of granite, concrete, and steel. No president has even been inside the Fort Knox vault since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. No single person knows the entire combination to the gold vault. The door weighs 22 tons and is impervious to machine gun fire, flamethrowers, and explosives. Each piece of the combination must be entered by a separate official. The fortress is surveilled at all times by the United States Mint Police, and all the guards who work at the fortress are highly-skilled and heavily armed. Every hallway inside Fort Knox is covered in motion detectors, video cameras, and hidden microphones. Sneaking around inside is absolutely out of the question. The gold that is deposited in the vault is transported in highly secure trucks and counted and authenticated before being put inside. It cost approximately $560,000 to build Fort Knox in 1936. That’s about $9.3 million when adjusted for inflation. Here’s a secret look inside of Fort Knox.
For copyright matters please contact us at: [email protected]
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Exterior
03:07 Main Level
03:54 Basement Level
05:07 Top Level
ARMY.MIL - U.S. Army Housing Services Office presents an introduction to Fort Knox, which is home to the Armor Center and School, Human Resource Command Center,...
ARMY.MIL - U.S. Army Housing Services Office presents an introduction to Fort Knox, which is home to the Armor Center and School, Human Resource Command Center, and U.S. Army Recruiting Command.
http://www.army.mil/features
ARMY.MIL - U.S. Army Housing Services Office presents an introduction to Fort Knox, which is home to the Armor Center and School, Human Resource Command Center, and U.S. Army Recruiting Command.
http://www.army.mil/features
Today we start our travels to Fort Knox, KY for an Army Course my wonderful wife is starting on Monday, this is exciting for her career because it is something ...
Today we start our travels to Fort Knox, KY for an Army Course my wonderful wife is starting on Monday, this is exciting for her career because it is something she needs critically for promotion…. Enjoy Part 1 of our Road Trip!
Got an interesting car you would like me to review? Contact me at [email protected] or DM on instagram so we can set up a time and location to link up at. Thanks for everyone who is watching these videos, without you the channel would be nothing!
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LIQWYD Young Love
Video Link Https://youtu.be/v_4xcw9b3Xc
#armyrecruiting #fortknox #armystrong
Today we start our travels to Fort Knox, KY for an Army Course my wonderful wife is starting on Monday, this is exciting for her career because it is something she needs critically for promotion…. Enjoy Part 1 of our Road Trip!
Got an interesting car you would like me to review? Contact me at [email protected] or DM on instagram so we can set up a time and location to link up at. Thanks for everyone who is watching these videos, without you the channel would be nothing!
Music Provided by,
Onlap, The Awakening
LIQWYD Young Love
Video Link Https://youtu.be/v_4xcw9b3Xc
#armyrecruiting #fortknox #armystrong
Located just outside Louisville, Kentucky, Fort Knox is a top-secret United States Army post surrounded in mystery and conspiracy theories. Not only does it hou...
Located just outside Louisville, Kentucky, Fort Knox is a top-secret United States Army post surrounded in mystery and conspiracy theories. Not only does it house a majority of the nation's gold reserve, it's so exclusive that even U.S. Presidents don't get an invite. So what exactly goes on behind closed doors?
#ftknox #fortknox #weirdhistory
Located just outside Louisville, Kentucky, Fort Knox is a top-secret United States Army post surrounded in mystery and conspiracy theories. Not only does it house a majority of the nation's gold reserve, it's so exclusive that even U.S. Presidents don't get an invite. So what exactly goes on behind closed doors?
#ftknox #fortknox #weirdhistory
This video highlights Fort Knox’s 100 years of contributions to the U.S. military as well as the events that shaped the installation into what it is today.
This video highlights Fort Knox’s 100 years of contributions to the U.S. military as well as the events that shaped the installation into what it is today.
This video highlights Fort Knox’s 100 years of contributions to the U.S. military as well as the events that shaped the installation into what it is today.
The iconic James Bond movie Goldfinger included scenes of gold stored in Fort Knox's United States Bullion Depository. Although the movie crew did shoot in the area, they didn't gain access to the actual depository, which remains super secret and protected with ultra-high security.
Why does the United States have a gold vault? During the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered gold out of circulation, and private citizens had to sell their gold to the U.S. government. A new depository was needed—preferably away East Coast cities thought to be vulnerable to attack.
The Fort Knox depository opened in 1937. Besides gold, the depository has also stored priceless documents like the Declaration of Independence and even the Magna Carta. Not all of the U.S. gold is stored here; gold is also stored at the mints in Philadelphia and Denver, at the West Point Bullion Depository, and at the San Francisco Assay Office.
The two-story building here is constructed of granite, steel, and concrete. The vault inside is made of steel and encased in concrete; the door to the vault weighs more than 20 tons.
Fort Knox historian Paul Urbahns and former vault employee Doug Simmons share captivating inside stories about the depository's history and significance.
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The Truth Behind Why Fort Knox Is Among The Most Heavily Guarded And Secretive Places In The World
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Image: Figmig
Image: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images
Image: Gilbert Stuart
Image: The Frank S. Errigo Archive/Getty Images
Image: Elias Goldensky
Image: Keystone/Getty Images
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Fort Knox is so heavily guarded that it’s impossible to break into the gold depository. No one has even tried to steal the gold stored in the depository's impenetrable vault. The facility is surrounded by three fences and numerous security features. The grounds surrounding the fortress are protected by machine gun towers, land mines, motions detectors, and searchlights. Even making it to the front door without proper credentials is impossible. Fort Knox houses $291 billion worth of gold, and the facility has even housed priceless artifacts like the Magna Carta and Declaration of Independence. The secure facility is made of granite, concrete, and steel. No president has even been inside the Fort Knox vault since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. No single person knows the entire combination to the gold vault. The door weighs 22 tons and is impervious to machine gun fire, flamethrowers, and explosives. Each piece of the combination must be entered by a separate official. The fortress is surveilled at all times by the United States Mint Police, and all the guards who work at the fortress are highly-skilled and heavily armed. Every hallway inside Fort Knox is covered in motion detectors, video cameras, and hidden microphones. Sneaking around inside is absolutely out of the question. The gold that is deposited in the vault is transported in highly secure trucks and counted and authenticated before being put inside. It cost approximately $560,000 to build Fort Knox in 1936. That’s about $9.3 million when adjusted for inflation. Here’s a secret look inside of Fort Knox.
For copyright matters please contact us at: [email protected]
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Exterior
03:07 Main Level
03:54 Basement Level
05:07 Top Level
ARMY.MIL - U.S. Army Housing Services Office presents an introduction to Fort Knox, which is home to the Armor Center and School, Human Resource Command Center, and U.S. Army Recruiting Command.
http://www.army.mil/features
Today we start our travels to Fort Knox, KY for an Army Course my wonderful wife is starting on Monday, this is exciting for her career because it is something she needs critically for promotion…. Enjoy Part 1 of our Road Trip!
Got an interesting car you would like me to review? Contact me at [email protected] or DM on instagram so we can set up a time and location to link up at. Thanks for everyone who is watching these videos, without you the channel would be nothing!
Music Provided by,
Onlap, The Awakening
LIQWYD Young Love
Video Link Https://youtu.be/v_4xcw9b3Xc
#armyrecruiting #fortknox #armystrong
Located just outside Louisville, Kentucky, Fort Knox is a top-secret United States Army post surrounded in mystery and conspiracy theories. Not only does it house a majority of the nation's gold reserve, it's so exclusive that even U.S. Presidents don't get an invite. So what exactly goes on behind closed doors?
#ftknox #fortknox #weirdhistory
This video highlights Fort Knox’s 100 years of contributions to the U.S. military as well as the events that shaped the installation into what it is today.
Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The 109,000 acre (170sq mi, 441km²) base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army human resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet Command and the United States Army Accessions Command.
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The cities in Kentucky with the lowest gas prices include.Henderson - $2.47Owensboro - $2.56Elizabethtown-FortKnox - $2.64Hopkinsville - $2.66Bowling Green - $2.71Louisville - $2.85Lexington - ...
She never made it to FortKnox... Malerba said she’s “a little sad” about not getting an opportunity to visit Fort Knox, the depository in Kentucky where much of the United States’ gold reserves are kept.
Jenee Ihde spent more than five decades teaching in one school district. Bondurant-Farrar ... 15 ... She began her career as an educator in a 20-student Kentucky school while her husband, Allen Ihde, completed his military service in FortKnox ... She was 78.
A concerning trend has manifested itself across the United States and its effects the makeup of Kentucky’s labor workforce ... Kentucky is home to FortCampbell and Fort Knox which transitions thousands of service members out of the service each year.
A concerning trend has manifested itself across the United States and its effects the makeup of Kentucky’s labor workforce ... Kentucky is home to FortCampbell and Fort Knox which transitions thousands of service members out of the service each year.
It will also mean that Kentucky’s major military bases — including FortKnox, Fort Campbell and the Blue Grass Army Depot — are likely to reap benefits from the senior senator’s oversight of hundreds of billions of dollars.
You don’t feel it on the knees when you land, but it’s pretty realistic,” said Blankenship, who is an instructor at the Army’s Recruiting & RetentionCollege in FortKnox, Kentucky.