SAN ANTONIO – Hundreds of San Antonians gathered at one of the biggest ballrooms in Texas at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center for the Founders Day Gala on Thursday to celebrate San Antonio’s Tricentennial.
The event centered on celebrating San Antonio’s rich history through dining, performances and song. More importantly, organizers and attendees said, it was about knowing were San Antonio came from.
“(The event is held) to recognize what a story and challenged history we have in San Antonio. A conflicted history and a confluence of cultures, but we have become San Antonians many to one,” Mayor Ron Nirenberg said.
Japhanie Gray is an anchor on Good Morning San Antonio and Good Morning San Antonio at 9 a.m. The award-winning journalist rejoined KSAT in August 2024 after previously working as a reporter on KSAT's Nightbeat from 2018 to 2021. She also highlights extraordinary stories in her series, What's Up South Texas.