https://padlet.com/18stevm/tbhzin690m3d Mason Stevens en-us 2018-05-14 17:54:47 UTC 2018-05-14 18:55:07 UTC hello@padlet.com 18stevm https://padlet.com/18stevm/tbhzin690m3d/wish/260585745 Image result for history of fort knox
The new camp was named after Henry Knox, the Continental Army's chief of artillery during the Revolutionary War and the country's first Secretary of War. ]]> 2018-05-14 18:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/18stevm/tbhzin690m3d/wish/260585745 18stevm https://padlet.com/18stevm/tbhzin690m3d/wish/260603689 it’s surrounded by a steel fence. Even the building itself is hardcore, made of concrete-lined granite and reinforced by steel to help it withstand attacks, according to the U.S. Treasury. The U.S. Treasury says Fort Knox is “equipped with the latest and most modern protective devices.”There’s one guard box at each of the building’s four corners, plus sentry boxes by the entrance. ]]> 2018-05-14 18:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/18stevm/tbhzin690m3d/wish/260603689 18stevm https://padlet.com/18stevm/tbhzin690m3d/wish/260606282 the role of the gold in fort knox is to back up our money as a base level of support. ]]> 2018-05-14 18:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/18stevm/tbhzin690m3d/wish/260606282 18stevm https://padlet.com/18stevm/tbhzin690m3d/wish/260608083 Importance of perception that it is stocked full is that we have something to fall back on in time of crisis or to trade with other countries. ]]> 2018-05-14 18:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/18stevm/tbhzin690m3d/wish/260608083