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    CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT

    Jun 25, 2019 2 minutes
    –Kim O’Connell

    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.

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