Thursday, April 18 2019, 4pm Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, Auditorium 300 S Hull Street, Athens, GA 30605 Dr. Heather Cox Richardson, professor of history at Boston College, will present a public lecture exploring the partisan nature of recent federal government shutdowns by recounting the forgotten history of the nation’s first government shutdown in 1879. A reception will follow the event. This lecture is part of the Russell Library's annual observance of Congress Week, an event created by the Association of the Centers of Congress in 2009 to promote a better understanding of the U. S. Congress. This event is made possible by generous support from the Russell Programming Endowment, the School of Public and International Affairs, the Department of History, and the Applied Politics Certificate Program. Thursday, April 18 at 4:00pm to 6:00pm Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, Auditorium 300 S Hull Street, Athens, GA 30605
