CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT

Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality

National Constitution Center, Independence Mall, Philadelphia

Open Monday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. (constitutioncenter.org)

and interpretation go, we’ve largely moved past the era when the Civil War simply began at Fort Sumter and ended at Appomattox, within view of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell Center.