The reports are coming in of incredibly petty shut downs beyond the WWII Memorial and Lincoln Memorial.
Newt Gingrich posted this image (h/t
Twitchy) of a bus turnaround shut down at Mount Vernon:
https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/statuses/385433008473260032
They shut down the bus turnaround even though Mount Vernon is OPEN:
https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/statuses/385214703808413696
(video added 10-3-2013 h/t
Crawdad Hole)
UPDATE added by Mandy, 10/2/2013 at 3:30 EST.
Here's another example that was shared earlier today:
Claude Moore Colonial Farm is a living history farm in Virginia that provides visitors the opportunity to experience life as it was in 1771. That experience comes complete with costumed interpreters and authentic recreations of tools, buildings, and everything else just as it was in that point in time. The Farm is also economically self-sustaining, having been cut from the National Park Service’s budget in 1980.
But that hasn’t stopped the agency from shutting down Claude Moore Colonial Farm, despite the fact that the Farm is fully staffed on its own and prepared to open today.
In an email sent to supporters, the Farm’s Managing Director Anna Eberly wrote:
For the first time in 40 years, the National Park Service (NPS) has finally succeeded in closing the Farm down to the public. In previous budget dramas, the Farm has always been exempted since the NPS provides no staff or resources to operate the Farm. We weren't even informed of this until mid-day Monday in spite of their managers having our email addresses and cell numbers.
