STILLWATER - Saratoga National Historical Park Superintendent Joe Finan was maintenance chief during the government shutdown of 1995. He was furloughed for three weeks back then.

"Obviously it creates a lot of anxiety on the part of all the employees," says Finan. He's hoping it doesn't happen again, but he's preparing for it. "We will have signs posted at critical locations, the parking areas will be closed. The tour road will be closed."

Finan says if the park has to close, just two of its thirty employees will report to work.

The battle monument  in Victory would stay locked. But that's only if Congress remains locked in battle.

New York's senior senator is hoping for a truce. "Having a shutdown is a bad thing, so I hope both sides will compromise, meet in the middle and come to an agreement," says Sen. Chuck Schumer, D - NY.