Location
Dry Tortugas National Park
Remote chain of coral islets in Florida Keys with Fort Jefferson; distinct from continental parks like Grand Canyon.
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Bartlet's Midnight Parks Lecture
Dry Tortugas is named to amplify the geographic reach—remote seascapes become part of the rhetorical claim that national parks protect diverse national treasures.
Atmosphere
Imagined as salt‑bleached, remote, and solitary.
Functional Role
Supports Bartlet's argument that preservation covers everything from deserts to coral keys.
Symbolic Significance
Signals remoteness as part of national patrimony.
Briny air and coral‑ringed islets invoked
Used to suggest breadth of stewardship
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