Happy B'Day Yosemite, Sorry That Celebrants Can't Visit

Them 'super patriots' saw fit to slam the gates shut and force the workers and greeters into an unpaid vacation!!

Yosemite National Park, closed for its own birthday

Google is celebrating the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park - but it's closed. The surprising origin of the name Yosemite.

October 1, 2013 - Yosemite and all the US’s national parks, monuments, and zoos were closed at midnight last night, after Congress failed to pass a new budget.

The government shutdown comes at an ironic moment for Yosemite: today is the park’s birthday, and it won’t be open for its own party. read more>>>

Ya can bet though, that those that are leading the long sought government shutdown want to just get rid of ya sooner rather then later and develop into cash profit corporate endeavors. So you might not be around to celebrant more anniversaries much longer anyway!!