July 5 in Firearms History

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  1. People1865 · 161 years ago

    US Secret Service is created

    US Secret Service is created

    July 5, 1865

    one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies in the USA

    end of the American Civil War, the Secret Service was originally founded to combat the then-widespread counterfeiting of U.S. currency

    1901, the agency was asked to begin its protective mission after the assassination of President William McKinley