In Munich and Bavaria, Fasching (as Carnival is called) begins on Epiphany (January 6), but in Cologne and the Rhineland it begins on November 11 at 11:11 AM. In France, it is celebrated only on the day before Ash Wednesday (thus Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday).
Reconstruction refers to the period, generally dated from 1865 to 1877, during which the nationâs laws and Constitution were rewritten to guarantee the basic rights of the former slaves, and biracial governments came to power throughout the defeated Confederacy.
Reconstruction was the period following the Civil War in which the national government attempted to reintegrate the Southern states that had formed the Confederacy back into the United States.From 1865, when the war ended, until 1877, the national government worked to establish order in the South.ncensed over the Black Codes, Congress began its own Reconstruction in 1866. The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, was an essential part of this period. This Amendment made anyone born in the United States a citizen of the nation and his state.