'Park-barrel' politics spawn sparsely visited sites

摘要

A 500-piece puzzle sits on a table in the visitor center at the Thomas Stone National Historic Site, a nod to what the site's lone park ranger describes as a "relaxed" atmosphere. The estate is infamous for its low visitation. Its story is a hard sell: Thomas Stone was a largely unknown signer of the Declaration of Independence who is described in his own park as a "moderate" who lacked charisma and "hardly spoke in Congress."