Date: 08-24-2017
After 43 years, Fort Knox gold vault opened to civilians
Kentucky Press News Service
For the first time since 1974, the U.S. Treasury Department opened the Fort Knox gold vault Monday to a tour led by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
With Mnuchin, were U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, Congressman Brett Guthrie and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin.
A large part of the nation’s gold supply is stored at Fort Knox under extremely heavy security by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Those on the 1974 tour included local, state and federal officials as well as local journalists.
