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Fiesta San Antonio (or simply Fiesta) has been since its 1891 inception an annual festival held in April in San Antonio, Texas. It is the city's signature event, along with some events held in the neighboring cities: Boerne, Schertz, Windcrest, Balcones Heights, and Alamo Heights). The festival, also known as the Battle of Flowers, commemorates ...
The Jersey Battle of Flowers is an annual carnival held in the Channel Island of Jersey on the second Friday and Saturday of August. The festival consists of music, funfairs, dancers, majorettes and a parade of flower floats alongside various street entertainers. It was inaugurated in 1902 to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII and ...
The Battle of Flowers is the oldest parade carried out in the Barranquilla Carnival, and was organised for the first time in 1903 through General Heriberto Arturo Vengoechea's initiative. The general who was looking for a way to celebrate the end of the long Thousand Days War that had claimed thousands of lives. With this event, the carnival ...
August 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM. The Optimists Club won the Prix D'Honneur for their Moana themed float [BBC] A Jersey sports and social club has claimed the top award at the island's annual Battle of ...
The origins on the parade date back to the 1920s. [5] The final Spalding flower parade was held for 55 years until 2013. [5] Laredo, Battle of Flowers (Spain). The parade is celebrated around the Alameda Miramar, which is located in Laredo’s central park. The parade originated during August of 1908 and it is said to be celebration of a ...
Tollense valley battlefield. The battlefield of the Tollense valley (German pronunciation: [tʰɔˈlɛnzə]) is a Bronze Age archaeological site in the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern at the northern edge of the Mecklenburg Lake District. The site, discovered in 1996 and systematically excavated since 2007, extends along the ...
San Antonio parade shooting. On April 27, 1979, 64-year-old Ira Attebury opened fire on the spectator crowd at the Battle of Flowers parade in San Antonio, Texas, killing two and injuring several dozen, including several police officers. It proceeded into a siege for over an hour, before the perpetrator then killed himself.
Battle of Flowers can mean any of the following: Jersey Battle of Flowers. Battle of Flowers Parade held yearly during Fiesta San Antonio. Battle of flowers a fiesta held in Laredo, Cantabria, Spain. a flower parade. Category: Disambiguation pages.