San Antonio Parades

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It’s a San Antonio Thing.

You may be asking yourself what is fiesta? Well read on to find out
It all started in 1891 when the people decorated everything all around the city. There are different fiestas around town everyday as it is a ten day event. The three parades I would recommend are The Battle of the Flowers, NIOSA (a night in old San Antonio), and San Antonio cactus and xerophyte show and sell.
The Battle of the Flowers started in 1891 when the people of San Antonio wanted to honor the people that fought in The Battle of the Alamo and San Jacinto so they decorated and threw flowers at and in the alamo. The Battle of the flowers is the first parade to be run and set up by only woman. This parade has floats

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