The Secret Service was not created to protect presidents — it was created to hunt fake money! Founded in 1865 inside the U.S. Treasury Department, its one job was to fight counterfeit money. After the Civil War, up to half of all American cash was fake. Abraham Lincoln signed it into law on April 14, 1865 — the very day he was assassinated. Presidential protection did not come until 1901, after President William McKinley was assassinated.
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