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Today a large complex home to the US Army Armor Center, Fort Knox began...

...as a series of fortifications during the Civil War.

The famous failed diversionary incursion of the Confederate...

...cavalry of John Hunt Morgan passed through the area in 1863...

...and headed towards Louisville...

...but ultimately skirted the city and headed to Springfield...

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... in 1918. The new training center was named after...

...War of Independence general Henry Knox.

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...name has become shorthand for a highly fortified location.

The bullion depository holds four and half thousand tons of gold...

...and despite the end of the gold standard...

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...often used to store important national documents...

such as the original Declaration of Independence...

...during World War 2. The fort has been the filming location...

...of numerous television shows and movies...

...most famously the 1964 spy thriller...

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