The first members of the “Abraham Lincoln Battalion” depart New York City to fight in the Spanish Civil War, against military dictator General Francisco Franco Bahamonde–a cause they believe in.

       NOTE: The anti-fascists proved themselves to be not all that liberal in that they agreed with the fascists that the nationalist movements of both the ethnic Basques and Catalonians would not be recognized.

       [restored 7/16/2022]

Subsequent Events:

5/1/1937                   12/25/1991

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References:

Livingston – A Moral Accounting of the Union and the Confederacy
mises.org/library/moral-accounting-union-and-confederacy

Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Spanish Civil War History and Education: Timeline
www.alba-valb.org/history/timeline

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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