National shutdown

A U.S. Park Police officer stands guard at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

The National Mall and all monuments and large sections of the government will close due to government shut down after Congress failed to agree on spending.

Park rangers block off the shoulder of the highway to prevent motorists from pulling off the highway outside Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D., Oct. 1, 2013.

Mount Rushmore and all other national parks were closed today after congress failed to pass a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job.

A sign telling visitors that the area is closed for restoration is posted on the National Mall near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

Members of the U.S. Park Service close the Lincoln memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

Would-be visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in California are stopped a road block, Oct. 1, 2013. The park was closed as a consequence of the government shutdown.

Police tape blocks a closed Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

Resa Mestel, of New York, reacts after finding the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, N.C., closed due to the government shutdown, Oct. 1, 2013.

U.S.Park Service workers erect a barrier around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

Two police officers stand guard as a barrier is erected around the closed Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

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The American flag flies it front of the empty Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa., Oct. 1, 2013.

A Smithsonian security guard attempts to keep people off the steps of the National Museum of Natural History while the building remains indefinitely closed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

Signs alerting visitors that the National Air and Space Museum is closed are taped to the doors while the building remains indefinitely closed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

Sebastian Ramirez, 27, of Austin, Texas, hikes out of the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park. Ramirez spent the night with friends in the bottom of the Canyon at Bright Angel Campground. Beginning at 6 a.m., visitors were told the park was closed and they could not visit, Oct. 1, 2013.

A U.S. Park police officer puts barricade tape in front of the Lincoln memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

U.S. Park Service workers erect a barrier around the closed Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

U.S. Park Ranger Richard Trott posts a closed sign on the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

National Park Service Ranger Ashley Dunbar at the South entrance to the Grand Canyon National Park informs visitors the park is closed, Oct. 1, 2013.

An image of Martin Luther King Jr. hangs on the wall outside the construction site for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

U.S. Park police move barricades into place around the World War II Memorial to prevent people from entering the monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

A visitor to the Charlestown Navy Yard prepares to take a photograph of the USS Constitution, in Boston, Sept. 30, 2013. The USS Constitution is among prominent Boston-area historic sites that would affected by the government shutdown.

U.S. Park Ranger Richard Trott places a closed sign on a barricade in front of the World War II monument in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

U.S. Park Police move barricades into place around the World War II Memorial to prevent people from entering the monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

U.S. Park Service employee puts a closed sign in the window of the World War II Memorial ticket office on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013.

People look at a sign informing them that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to the government shutdown in Battery Park in New York City, Oct. 1, 2013.

People walk in Battery Park as the Statue of Liberty remained closed in the background due to the government shutdown, Oct. 1, 2013.

A sign is posted in the window of an IRS office in Brooklyn, N.Y., notifying that the office is closed due to the government shutdown, Oct. 1, 2013.

A barricade prevents visitors from entering the interior of the Badlands National Park near Wall, S.D., Oct. 1, 2013.