American Schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27019

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Joy M" <joym999 at a...> wrote:
> I like to picture the U.S. Ministry of Magic as 
> having its headquarters in Salem, myself.

Well, I'd like to think that that might be a very large branch,
but the U.S. *Department* of Magic would need to be headquartered
in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

Sure, Salem might be the historical center of the magical arts, but
this is the United States, and just as Philadelphia is no longer the
capital, so Salem would no longer be the magical center.

The existence of the Department in the greater D.C. area is hinted
at by the local NBA local teams (Wizards, Mystics), which are
clearly just a front for this Department.  And, of course, everyone
knows that the Capitol and the White House are haunted.

Now, of course, day-to-day operations would probably not take place
in the District itself.  I would presume that just as other Federal
agencies and Departments have offices and sites in the Virginia and
Maryland, the DoM would be no different.

Clearly, the main operations should be located at or near the home of
the American master of the macabre and magical, Edgar Allen Poe,
up in Baltimore, Maryland, with field offices throughout the U.S.

....Craig  :^)