Lincoln Memorial

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National Edition News Cover for November 1, 2013 - President Obama speaks on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 2013, during a ceremony to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Park Ranger Edward Fleming talks with Steve Olsonowski [cq] of Gaithersburg, Md., at the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Park Police ride horses past the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Park Ranger Tessy Dunoboh [cq], third from left, is on hand to assist tourists visiting the the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Park Ranger Tessy Dunoboh [cq], right, gives directions to Siv Carshult [cq] of Annandale, Va., center, at the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Park Ranger Edward Fleming is on hand to assist tourists visiting the the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Park Ranger Tessy Dunoboh [cq], center, gives directions tourists visiting the the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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National Park Service employees remove barricades from the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at National Park Service sites and thousands of furloughed federal workers began returning to work throughout the country Thursday after 16 days off the job because of the partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Former Army Sgt. Steven Scalora of Woodbury, Conn., gets emotional as he looks out at the Lincoln Memorial following a rally Tuesday for veterans and members of the military calling for an end to the federal government shutdown at the World War II Memorial. (andrew harnik/the washington times)

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Hundreds of high school and college students march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Supreme Court to defend minority and immigrant rights, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 15, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)