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Federal gov't is now shutting down parks it doesn't even run

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The World War II memorial was closed to the public on Tuesday as a result of the government shutdown. (TheBlaze / Oliver Darcy)

The Washington Free Beacon reports on the latest act in Obama's Shutdown Theater:

The National Park Service has ordered the closure of a Virginia park that sits on federal land, even though the government provides no resources for its maintenance or operation.

The Claude Moore Colonial Farm announced on Wednesday that NPS has ordered it to suspend operations until Congress agrees to a deal to fund the federal government.

According to Anna Eberly, managing director of the farm, NPS sent law enforcement agents to the park on Tuesday evening to remove staff and volunteers from the property.

“You do have to wonder about the wisdom of an organization that would use staff they don’t have the money to pay to evict visitors from a park site that operates without costing them any money,” she said.

DC's local Fox affiliate went straight to the source:

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