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Closing the door on Russell 317

It was a place where nervous freshmen learned about the past half-century in the Senate, where historic legislative deals were cut, where personal friendships were made and where his dogs roamed freely.

Outside the office now, a handful of staffers come and go. The placard out front that once bore his name is gone; the only sign that he was there is the seal of the commonwealth of Massachusetts that still hangs on the tall wooden door.

Room 317 in the Russell Senate Office Building — the office Ted Kennedy occupied longer than any other in his 47-year Senate career — will close this weekend, two months after the Massachusetts Democrat died at the age of 77.

In the coming days, Room 317 will belong to the man who took Kennedy’s seat: Democrat Paul Kirk, who is well-aware of the historic space he will soon be assuming...

... Most of Kennedy’s memos, documents, pictures, records and other keepsakes are moving to Boston, where they will be housed at the library and museum honoring his late brother, President John F. Kennedy — to be loaned periodically to the nearby Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.
Read entire article at Politico