This Day in History: October 3

October 3, 1781 - Allied forces in Gloucester defeat Tarleton, forcing the British back within their lines at Gloucester Point. This is particularly important in that it cuts off British supplies of fresh food and fodder for British horses. Cornwallis will soon order many of his horses to be killed, to prevent them from starving to death. [More]

Note my link goes to an Internet Archive "Wayback Machine" page capture. That's because when I tried to go to the live site,  I got this instead:

"Experience your America."  And how.

Spread the word to people who are running into the same problem trying to access shutdown-affected government websites that there is a workaround--at least it worked in this case, so it's worth a try on other .gov sites.  Try going to the Wayback Machine and entering the url you can't otherwise reach.  You may not reach the most up to date page, but if you reach something, it may be better than nothing.