The abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War

[GeraldDuval]

Portraying members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish civil war.

[harryc]

Are you in there Gerald ?

They look ragtag and unprofessional - spot on.

[GeraldDuval]

I am indeed in the pics.

Thanks alot, it was out first time out as a big group. we hope to have more events in the future and build a SCW community in the states.

[TheKiwi]

Very cool. Love the Aidrian helmets and the Vickers gun.

[Hollis]

Thanks, good looking portrayal.

[Arbody]

Damn , Abraham Lincoln Brigade , had to google . Thx for shallowing my ignorance

[Hollis]

Damn , Abraham Lincoln Brigade , had to google . Thx for shallowing my ignorance

I first read if them in my freshman year in high school. The house committee on Un-American activities had them listed. During the cold war anything red was a no-no. Maybe why E. Hemingway was nervous. A good book, For Whom the Bells Toll.

[JUNKHO]

^^^Yup....they need a dynamiter, an ambulance, and ambulance driver in their re-enactment montage.

Good stuff!

[gaijinsamurai]

Also, George Orwell's "Homage to Catelonia" is excellent.

[bryant]

Where exactly are you guys based?

[GeraldDuval]

Personally I'm out of delaware, but we have people all up and down the east coast. This event was in west virginia, and we had guys from Vermont, new york, pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia. we have guys from as far south as south carolina, but they weren't able to make it. That giant storm put a damper on things unfortunately. Our next event is in New jersey in september.

[James]

I first read if them in my freshman year in high school. The house committee on Un-American activities had them listed. During the cold war anything red was a no-no. Maybe why E. Hemingway was nervous. A good book, For Whom the Bells Toll.

There was a small memorial when I was in school at the UW in Seattle, next to the Husky Union Building. Later a lot of these guys were labelled "pre-mature anti fascists" or some such. Some guys with a lot of experience even lost out just a few years later in WWII.

[James]

Also, George Orwell's "Homage to Catelonia" is excellent.

I agree. Orwell got shot in the throat IIRC, almost died.

[James]

Personally I'm out of delaware, but we have people all up and down the east coast. This event was in west virginia, and we had guys from Vermont, new york, pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia. we have guys from as far south as south carolina, but they weren't able to make it. That giant storm put a damper on things unfortunately. Our next event is in New jersey in september.

Delaware? WTF? I thought you were French! I guess because of your name.

I'm curious - did the Nationalists have regular uniforms? It seems it would be hard to keep track of friendlies as a Republican.

[therifleman]

Very nice set up. Glad to see some reenacting in the U.S. from a period that I find extremely interesting.

Delaware? WTF? I thought you were French! I guess because of your name.

I'm curious - did the Nationalists have regular uniforms? It seems it would be hard to keep track of friendlies as a Republican.

The Nationalist forces were always uniformed except for irregular militias (Even regular militia units i.e. Carlists, Falagne etc. had their own uniforms). Of course uniforms varied from different units/regiments (don't forget that there were African, German, Italian, Portuguese, and various other foreign units fighting under the nationalist banner) but men in the same unit would generally have the same appearance.

Even with that being said I can imagine friendly fire resulted in countless deaths, even for Nationalists who had uniforms. I recall reading about a unit of Irish Fascist volunteers that was nearly wiped out when it came under fire from a friendly Spanish Falangist militia unit.