As Voters Hit the Polls, Byrd Staffers Closed the Door on History
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Posted: 5:22 PM Aug 29, 2010
As Voters Hit the Polls, Byrd Staffers Closed the Door on History
There were 1,300 items taken down from the Hart office walls alone.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- As West Virginians prepared to vote in the primary triggered by his death, the staff of the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd finished a final task for history's longest-serving member of Congress.

The aides closed down the office that Byrd had occupied for more than a half-century. The 92-year-old's stature had actually brought him several offices: prime ground-floor space in the U.S. Capitol, a suite of offices in the nearby Hart Senate Office Building, and field offices in Charleston and Martinsburg.

Packing up the offices yielded an estimated 3,000 cubic feet of documents, photographs, art objects and other items. There were 1,300 items taken down from the Hart office walls alone.

Plans for the trove include an online archive and traveling exhibits.

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Posted by: Rick on Aug 30, 2010 at 07:53 AM

Doesn't anyone find this self-aggrandizement somewhat disturbing? With all due respect to our departed Senator, he seemed obsessed with himself - with seeing his name and/or image everywhere he turned.
Posted by: larry on Aug 30, 2010 at 07:35 AM

I heard he had 5 or 6 offices all over WV. two words "term limits"
Posted by: Jay on Aug 29, 2010 at 09:50 PM

My visits to the Hart Bldg office were always enjoyable. I loved looking at the items on his walls and the history of his life as a WV'ian that he was so proud of.
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