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Lincoln Memorial Closed Because Of Shutdown (PHOTOS)

by Zoe Schlanger

10.01.13 | 5:31 am

A US Park Police officer walks behind a barricade with sign reading "Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN All National Parks are Closed" in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Co... A US Park Police officer walks behind a barricade with sign reading "Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN All National Parks are Closed" in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS

A sign reading “Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN, All National Parks Are Closed” was posted Tuesday morning in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Congress sent the U.S. government into a partial shutdown at midnight, forcing about 800,000 federal workers to stay home and shuttering most “nonessential” services, like national parks.

Photos: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

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Zoe Schlanger Zoë Schlanger is Frontpage Editor at TPM. Zoë was a TPM intern in 2011, and prior to returning here she was editor in chief of NYU Local, the alternative independent student news site at NYU. Zoë has interned at places like the Nation, InsideClimate News, The Rachel Maddow Show and Gothamist. She can be reached at zoe@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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