After four years of fighting, the Union was restored through the force of arms. The problems of reconstructing the Union were just as difficult as fighting the war had been. Because most of the war was fought in the South, the region was devastated physically and economically.
âHarry Potter: The Exhibitionâ opens Tuesday and runs through Sept. 5 at Discovery Times Square, 226 West 44th Street, Manhattan; harrypotterexhibition.com.
Artsplainer: Pablo Picassoâs Sculptures at New Yorkâs Museum of Modern Art. The âPicasso Sculptureâ show at New York Cityâs Museum of Modern Art, the first major stateside exhibition of the artistâs three-dimensional work in nearly 50 years, opened on Monday to immediate and rapturous praise. âA revelation,â declared the The Wall Street Journal. âStaggering,â gushed The New York Times.