how to get to spain until one day i would work and -- i see on the side of the building, abraham lincoln brigadei turned the corner, went up there and said, i want to go spain will stop brian: what was the abraham lincoln brigade? and why was it named after abraham lincoln? adam: it was, it came to be the name, it was not an official name at the time. in later years it has been used as the name to cover all of these americans who volunteered to fight in spain. at the time, the first all-american unit was called the abraham lincoln battalion and there was a george washington battalion and then the two of them merged and they became the lincoln-washington battalion. there's also an american medical unit, but the veterans of all of these things began calling themselves veterans of the abraham lincoln brigade because it was simpler and that is how people have referred to them ever since. so, when we meet of the -- when speak of-- so, when we tose americans who went spain, including dell berg who is the last known survivor of the group, they were the last participants. adam: when did you start your r

how to get to spain until one day i would work and -- i see on the side of the building, abraham lincoln brigade. i turned the corner, one of their, and said i want to go to spain. >> what was the abraham lincoln brigade? , it came to be the name, it was not an official name at the time. in later years it has been used as the name to cover all of these americans who volunteered to fight in spain. time, the first all-american unit was called the american family can -- abraham lincoln battalion and then the george washington italian and then they were merged into can the lincoln washington battalion. there's also an american medical unit, but the veterans of all of these things began calling themselves veterans of the abraham lincoln brigade because it was simpler and that is how people have referred to them ever since. when you think of these 2800 americans who want to spain, erg who is the b last known survivor of the group, they were the participants. >> when did you start your research on this book? >> i started being interested in the subject many years ago. jobs was as at daily newspaper rep

as a dishwasher, in the hollywood oosevelt hotel, and i see on the side of the building, "abraham lincoln brigade." i turned the corner, went up there and said, i want to go to spain. brian: what was the abraham lincoln brigade? and why was it named after abraham lincoln? adam: it was, it came to be the name, it was not an official name at the time. n later years it has been used as the name to cover all of these americans who volunteered to fight in spain. at the time, the first all-american unit was called the abraham lincoln battalion and there was a george washington battalion and then he two of them merged and they became the lincoln-washington battalion. it had the name of some canadian patriots but actually it was all american patriots. but the veterans of all of these things began calling themselves veterans of the abraham lincoln brigade because it was simpler and that is how people have referred to them ever since. so, when we speak of these americans who went to spain, including del berg who is the last known survivor of the group, they were the last articipants. brian: when did you st

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