During the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), almost forty thousand men and women from fifty-two countries, including 2,800 Americans, volunteered to travel to Spain and join the International Brigades to help fight fascism. The U.S. volunteers served in various units and came to be known collectively as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. This website is dedicated to our annual project, where students dedicate a month to research a New Yorker who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War.