Thousands of parade-goers cheered the return of a Fiesta highlight that hadn't been held in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic.
The Battle of Flowers Parade begins from San Antonio College, a new route for 2022 because of construction on Broadway.For Valerie Hernandez, the Battle of Flowers Parade was back, but it wasn’t quite the same.Street to watch the highly anticipated return of the Battle of Flowers Parade Friday. Hernandez’s friends arrived at 5 a.m., ready for the grand Fiesta celebration with a cooler full of tamales and drinks.
“It hurts us when they moved the location because we’re so used to being at the same corner and the same spot,” said Hernandez. But many of the thousands of parade-goers didn’t mind a new vantage point. They were just happy to see the return of a Fiesta highlight that hadn’t been held in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic.
Second-grade school children are driven through Alamo Plaza during the Battle of Flowers Parade on Friday.UTSA Cheerleaders perform during the Battle of Flowers Parade on Friday.Bouquets of flowers lay in front of the lawn at the Alamo during the Battle of Flowers Parade on Friday.Students of the San Antonio Academy place wreaths honoring the defenders of the Alamo during the Battle of the Flowers Parade.Sunflowers pass by the Alamo during the Battle of Flowers Parade on Friday.
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