Statue of Liberty to reopen; shutdown keeps other parks, monuments closed

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

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January 21, 2018 / 11:04 AM / Updated 24 minutes ago

Statue of Liberty to reopen; shutdown keeps other parks, monuments closed

Joseph Ax

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Statue of Liberty will reopen on Monday even if the U.S. government shutdown extends into the work week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday, vowing to use state funds to keep the landmark monument in operation.

Dozens of other national parks and monuments were expected to remain partially or entirely closed after Congress failed to agree on a spending plan to keep the government running past a Friday midnight deadline.

In the hours leading up to the shutdown, the Trump administration worked on ways to keep hundreds of parks open without staff in an effort to avoid public anger, although it was unclear which ones would close.

“Not all parks are fully open but we are all working hard to make as many areas as accessible to the public as possible,” U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Twitter on Saturday.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-shutdown-tourists/statue-of-liberty-to-reopen-shutdown-keeps-other-parks-monuments-closed-idUSKBN1FA0T8

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Really? Even with that plaque on the base, the one with the poem

about the tired and the poor from shithole countries? I'm surprised they haven't removed that altogether.