Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument consists of three bronze plaques mounted on a granite wall along the Embarcadero. These markers honor the two thousand five hundred Americans who defied their government in nineteen thirty-six to volunteer for the Spanish Civil War. While the United States remained neutral, these men and women sailed for Spain to fight against the rise of fascism. One of the plaques lists the names of seventy-five volunteers from the Bay Area who never returned home from that conflict.