Barriers went down at federal memorials, National Park Service sites, as well as the Smithsonian Institution's network of popular museums and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country October 17, 2013 after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown.
U.S. shutdown ends: parks, museums and monuments reopen
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National Park Service Ranger Wendy Solis welcomes visitors to Alcatraz Island, Oct. 17, 2013, after it reopened following a partial government shutdown, in San Francisco, California.
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Visitors entered the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum after it reopened, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2013.
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Visitors to the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest ship in the United States Navy, line up and walk up the gang plank to the top deck for a tour in Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 17, 2013.