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Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville. It holds the US Army Armor Center. It is also the site of the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor and the U.S. Bullion Depository.
The base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade Counties and extends over 109,054 acres and holds around 32,000 people daily. Fortifications were not constructed at the site until 1862, during the Civil War when Fort Duffield was founded. The area was contested by both Union and Confederate forces. After the war the site fell into disuse. The area was revived for military operations in 1917, 10,000 acres (40 kmē) near to the village of Stithton were leased to the government and a training center was established on the site in January 1918. The new camp was named after Henry Knox, a general of artillery during the American Revolutionary War and the country's first Secretary of War. The camp was extended by the purchase of a further 40,000 acres (162 kmē) in June, 1918 and construction proper began in July 1918. The building program was reduced following the end of the war and reduced further following cuts to the army in 1921 after the National Defense Act of 1920. The camp was greatly reduced and became a semi-permanent training center.
In 1931 a small force of the Mechanized Cavalry was assigned to Camp Knox to use it as a training site. The camp was turned into a permanent garrison in January 19321932 is the leap year starting on Friday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 3 British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees Jan and re-named Fort Knox, the 1st Cavalry Regiment arrived later in the month to become the 1st Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized). In 1936Events January-February January 15 The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. January 20 Death of George V of the United Kingdom. His son Edward VIII succeedes him as King of th the 1st was joined by the 13th to become the 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized). The site quickly became the centre for mechanization tactics and doctrine. The success of the German mechanized units at the start of World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough were a major impetus to operations at the fort. A new Armored Force was established in July 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F with its headquarters at Fort Knox with the 1st Cavalry becoming the 1st Armored Division. The Armored Force School and the Armored Force Replacement Center were also sited at Fort Knox in October, 1940, and their successors remain located there today. The site was expanded to cope with its new role. By 19431943 is the common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 1 there were 3,820 buildings on 106,861 acres.
The Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor was established at Fort Knox in 19491949 is the common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 4 RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 February 22 Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming,.
In 1936 the Treasury DepartmentThe United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department, a treasury, of the United States government established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage the revenue of the United States government. Overview It is administered by the United St began construction of the U.S. Bullion Depository adjacent to Fort Knox on land deeded from the military. The 'Gold Vault' was completed in December 1936 at a cost of $560,000 and the first gold shipments were made from January to July 1937. The majority of the country's gold reserves were gradually shipped to the site.
The transfer needed 500 rail cars and was sent by registered mail, protected by the Postal Inspection Service.
During World War II the depository also held the reserves of a number of European countries as well as the British crown jewels, the Magna Carta and key documents from American history.
Gold holdings peaked in the war at 649.6 million ounces (20,205 t). Current holdings are around 147 million ounces (4,572 t) in around 368,000 standard 400 ounce (12.4 kg) bars. The depository also holds monetary gold.
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