US Park Police and park staff close the Martin Luther King monument in Washington
The Statue of Liberty has been closed to visitorsTourists view Mount Rushmore from the road after the national park was shutA woman buys a copy of the Daily News, depicting Republican House Speaker John BoehnerA tourist takes a picture of Mount Rushmore from a nearby fieldThe canteen in the Senate was also shuttered
A barricade prevents visitors from entering the interior of the Badlands National Park near Wall, South DakotaA woman takes a photograph of a scale model of Alcatraz, after the official tour was closedTourists ride bicycles down the National Mall in Washington, DC after the US Park Police closed off the mall to trafficA board informs visitors of the closing of the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial in ParisUS Park Police Officers speak to a cyclist while closing the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in WashingtonA police officer stands alone at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
