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.
Itâs on 42 nd Street west of Broadway, on the same block as Ripleyâs Believe It Or Not, and two blocks south of Discovery Times Square, which bills itself as âmore than a museumâ and currently features the worldâs biggest and most elaborate display of art made with Legos.