San Antonio – Sammy Sana stood outside his store Monday morning on Pecan Valley Drive and Martin Luther King Drive, watching hundreds of thousands of marchers stream past for the first time in three years.
He’s been at the location for five or six years, but it was strange not to have the in-person marches in 2021 and 2022, and he was happy to see the march back again.
“It’s a mix of people and I’m so happy to see that dream is still alive,” Sana said.
It’s a dream he appreciates.
“Mr. King fought for something. It’s not about the march. It’s not about that, you know? But there was a philosophy behind it. Equality. You can do anything,” he said.
Sana said there were “a lot” of walkers coming in to use the bathroom or grab a drink. However, since the streets around the store were blocked off for the march, cars weren’t coming through for much of the morning.
But while business was slower overall, he didn’t…
