And as he reached the end of the passage, the memory of a third stone effigy came back to him: that of an ugly old warlock, onto whose head Harry himself had placed a wig and a battered old hat.
Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we are all created equal and the harsh, ugly reality that racism, nativism, fear, and demonization have long torn us apart.
But one of the things about shooting in Savannah is it is this beautiful, idyllic place, but with a very ugly history, which is not dissimilar to Joe and Gracie's relationship.