Canary Islanders Descendants Association Opening Ceremony (1977) - KSAT Collection

Duration: 3:11

Year Published: 1977

Sound: sound

Description: This 1977 television news footage for San Antonio’s KSAT-TV documents the celebration of culture and remembrance at the Canary Islanders Descendants Association ribbon-cutting ceremony. Guests enjoy live traditional malagueña dance and music. The first 16 families to arrive and settle in San Antonio on March 9, 1731, emigrated from the Spanish Canary Islands. Locals with ties to this lineage established a historical society in the city.