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The Festival is held in Downtown San Antonio at the Institute of Texan Cultures on UTSA's HemisFair Park Campus, located at the corner of Bowie Street and Cesar Chavez Boulevard, just off Interstate 37 South. [2] The Texas Folklife Festival [3] was modeled after the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which was first held in Washington, D.C. in 1967 ...
Surrounding the source of the springs, the 46-acre park is the oldest in the state of Texas. It is the location of a Payaya Indian village known as Yanaguana, [2] and is the original site of the city of San Antonio. [2] The park is alternately known as San Pedro Park. The park was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1965. [3]
The festival, also known as the Battle of Flowers, commemorates of the Battle of the Alamo, which took place in San Antonio, and the Battle of San Jacinto, which led to Texas' independence from Mexico in April 1836. Fiesta is the city's biggest festival, with an economic impact of $340 million for the city. [1]
The Center is located at 310 West Ashby, which at the time was considered the “outskirts” of San Antonio.In the late 19th century, the challenge from Native Americans protecting their stolen land prevented the further colonization of land to the north beyond the San Pedro area.
Current WHASC as seen from the top of the old WHASC. Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (WHASC), formerly known as Wilford Hall Medical Center, is a U.S. Air Force medical treatment facility located on the grounds of San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base. [1]
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The performance venue is the Arneson River Theater in the San Antonio River Walk. The festival has been in operation since 1957, [1] making it the oldest outdoor performance in the United States. [2] The current director and choreographer of the seven act flamenco and folklorico performance is Kathleen Rodriguez Hall.
The David J. and May Bock Woodward House is a historic house in the Alta Vista district of the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1994. [3] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas on February 16, 1996. [4]