Mt. Vernon still open but her parking lots are closed
Mt. Vernon is privately owned but NPS controls the parking lots. http://3rdeyevizion.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/read-barrycades-feds-try-to-shut-down-privately-owned-mount-vernon/
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I wonder if the story is reversed up at Mt Rushmore. The parking lot is "privately" owned and the monument is nps.
