| Women re-enact Civil War as men and Peru celebrates Machu Picchu amid tourism worries |
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The impression could hardly be more accurate since Buford, too, was a woman. He was invented by Loreta Janeta Velazquez, a Cuban-born woman from New Orleans who fought as a man in a series of Civil War battles including the First Battle of Bull Run, according to her autobiography.Researchers have documented more than 200 such cases. And today, a small number of women follow suit by donning blue and gray uniforms as Civil War re-enactors.A century and a half ago, women weren't allowed into military service; masquerading as men was the only way in for those who weren't satisfied with supporting the war effort from home or following their husbands' military units around. As the country marks the 150th anniversary of the War Between the States, some female re-enactors still cling to secrecy " not just for historical accuracy but because uniformed women aren't always welcome in the male-dominated hobby. [Read the full article] They are not taking in account the people how now will NOT go to New York because of gay marriage. I know there will be plenty who will not bow down to the Sodomite agenda and pretend its find that one of 5 of their kind has HIV and 4 times the sexual partners of normal human beings.And we are ECSTATIC that you won't be here. It's bad enough we have to put up with rude people; why would we want to deal with a bunch of paranoid neanderthals running around grasping at their throats and clutching their rosary beads.The fact hat you live in such fear of equality, especially when the granting of equality has no impact on you, says something about the sad, sad state of the little world you live in. Try to get out more--the air will do you good.I know there will be plenty who will not bow down to the Sodomite agenda and pretend its find that one of 5 of their kind has HIV and 4 times the sexual partners of normal human beings. [Read the full article] Here(TM)s something you don(TM)t see every day " in fact, you can only experience it at night. It(TM)s called a moonbow and if you(TM)re at Yosemite National Park this weekend, you might want to stay up late to catch a glimpse.The Department of Transportation said Thursday that a total of 16 planes waited on runways for more than three hours that month, the most recent for which statistics are available. That's four times the highest number of any month since the rule threatening huge fines for such delays was implemented on April 29 of last year.Before May, there were only 20 tarmac delays of three hours or more. No airlines have been fined yet because the government hasn't determined that any of the delays were warranted one. There are exceptions in the rule for safety and security issues.The longest delay in May was a flight from El Paso, Texas, on May 29 " the same day as nearly all the other delays for the month. It sat on the tarmac in Chicago for nearly four hours. [Read the full article] 
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