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As you know, Fort Knox is located within an army base. So is Fort Knox guarded by the U S Army?
No. Fort Knox is guarded by the U S Mint Police, one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies. It was established in 1792.
Only one US president has ever set foot within Fort Knox - the president who commissioned it's building: President Franklin D. Roosevelt commissioned the construction of Fort Knox in the mid-1930s, reportedly because the Treasury worried that U.S. gold reserves weren't safe from an enemy invasion.
He traveled to Fort Knox to make an inspection in 1943, about seven years after construction on the vault was completed.
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