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Capitol Reef National Park (West Wing — sandstone desert reference)
Capitol Reef National Park unfurls as sculpted sandstone fins, red domes, and narrow, shadowed canyons that drink low desert light. Bartlet drops the name during a midnight Oval riff, and the park snaps into the room as a rhetorical lodestar—quiet grandeur, public stewardship, and long, wind‑polished solitude. The image softens exhaustion, invites conspiratorial laughter, and seeds a protective, policy‑minded yearning for places that outlast political seasons.
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Bartlet's Midnight Parks Lecture
Capitol Reef appears in Bartlet's inventory to underline both the reach of parks and the President's personal investment in place names that are not everyday conversation starters.
Atmosphere
Quiet, sculptural, remote—evoked for rhetorical texture.
Functional Role
Adds depth to his tour of parks, signaling long familiarity.
Symbolic Significance
Suggests preservation of unique geological formations as civic projects.
Reference to narrow canyons and sandstone fins
Serves as rhetorical ballast in the list
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