Captain of the Battle of Flowers
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Owner:
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Chemist Kahuna
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Released:
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Saturday, November 13, 2004
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Origin:
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Texas, United States
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Take a picture of yourself with these medals and you become an honorary Captain in the Battle of Flowers. The Battle of the Flowers is held yearly in San Antonio, Texas. It's part of a big party.to celebrate the victory at the Battle of San Jacinto. Do NOT keep the medals - I may need them later. Just put them into another battle-worthy cache site.
The Battle of Flowers is a parade held each spring in San Antonio in memory of the fallen heroes at the Alamo and to commemorate the victory at the Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836, where Texas gained independence from Mexico. Many years ago my mother-in-law was the president of the Battle of Flowers Parade committee, so they asked my wife to be an honorary judge for the parade. I got to judge as well. The first parades had an actual "flower battle" with half of the fresh-flower-covered carriages, floats and bicycles going in one direction and the other half going in the opposite direction, tossing fresh flowers at each other as they passed. When you take a photo of yourself, brandish a flower menacingly.
Note: this is a recycled TB number. The original TB went missing several years ago, and I thought I would just reuse the number with a new theme.
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