REPUBLIC, Mo. — "Thank you for your message. Due to the current lapse in federal government appropriations, we are currently out of the office on furlough and unable to respond to any messages at this time. We will respond to your messages as soon as possible. Once funding has been restored and normal operations resume. Thank you for your patience and understanding."

That's what you hear when you call the visitor's center at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.

Since it's part of the national park system, it's currently shut down because the government is shut down.

Many walked up to the building, couldn't open the locked doors, and then left, some telling OzarksFirst off-camera that the shutdown as a whole, and the impacts are 'ridiculous'.

At midnight, the federal government shut dow

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