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.
1939 World's Fair, Flushing, NY. World trade center pavilion is dedicated to world peace through trade.. Downtown Lower Manhattan Association is created by real estate developer David Rockefeller to revitalize lower Manhattan and begins to promote the idea of a world trade and finance center in New York City.