Politics & Government
Government Shutdown Closes James A. Garfield Site
Events, on- and off-site, are cancelled or postponed until the shutdown ends.
The James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor will remain closed as long as it takes legislators to get the government out of the first shutdown since the winter of 1995-96.
"All scheduled activities at the site are cancelled or postponed during the shutdown," read an emailed statement from Garfield site public information officer Todd Arrington. "Previously planned offsite activities to be conducted by National Park Service staff or volunteers are cancelled or postponed as well."
Seven workers there are among those across the nation who will be furloughed from national parks across the country. A "limited" number of employees will still be needed to secure the parks and provide law enforcement, emergency services, and firefighting, according to the statement.
The Garfield site's website and social media streams will also be suspended during the shutdown.
About 32,000 people visited the Garfield site in 2011. Those people spent roughly $1.03 million in communities surrounding the site that year.
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