Celebrating families and veterans: San Antonio returns to Woodlawn Lake Park for July 4
People gather at Woodlawn Lake to celebrate Independence Day with family and friends on Monday. The hot summer temperature did not deter San Antonians as they claimed their favorite spots to grill, listen to music and await the evening fireworks show.For decades, Jose Vasquez has celebrated the July 4 holiday in San Antonio. He and his wife, Gloria, have seen the city change and adapt, grow and develop, but on Independence Day, they say, it is always the same: Family and celebration.
On Monday, they were sitting in the shade just down a bit from the Woodlawn Lake Park Fourth of July Celebration. They had already made their rounds through the booths, food vendors and festivities set up along the lake. They planned to watch the fireworks from their granddaughter’s place, to celebrate with family.“We usually come to a couple times a week to feed the ducks,” said Gloria Vasquez, 82. “But today, it’s just nice to be out at the festival and relax.
shut down the official festivities in 2020 and 2021 and residents who came out on their own kept it low-key. The celebration’s live music acts, including the headliner, the Air Force Band of the West, provided the backdrop to the hot food, cool drinks and fireworks set for precisely 9:02 p.m..
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