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Link to great website detailing aspects of the SCW
Spearpoint Collared shirt supplier added to Buyer's Guide to SCW re-enactment
New Spanish Civil War tours in Barcelona for English Speakers
Battle of The Ebro re-enactment, Fayon, Spain - 31st July 2010
Updated La Columna Events list - Including Guernika event at Detling in August
New online addition of the ALBA journal the Volunteer
Photos of Ejecito Del Ebro at recent events, including them at the unveiling of the palque honoring the British Field Hospital at Falset
New Tribute Page to IB Veteran Joe Zameret

La Columna is a UK based re-enactment group commemorating and celebrating the international volunteers who went to fight alongside the Spanish people in their defence against Fascism during the Spanish Civil War. La Columna is a non-party political organisation but with strong sympathies for the Spanish Republican cause of the late 1930s.

Ttrenches at Cliveden, 2006

Charlotte riding train at Murton 2007

We use living history techniques to primarily represent life in Spain for the men and women of The International Brigades and The anti-Fascist revolutionary militias during the Spanish Civil War.

Site is under re-construction

Please direct any enquires to Richard Thorpe at

thorpe.ortiz@btinternet.com

Over recent years we have expanded our displays to include events that had direct link to the ideals and people who were involved with the creation and defence of the Second Republic 1931-39, These include:

'Aid for Spain'

Depicting the fund raising and rallies that went on in Britain in support of the Spanish Republic during the civil war

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An Aid for Spain rally, Crich 2006

Home Guard Training

The training of the British Home Guard in 1940 at Osterley Park in London, a school run by (amongst others) ex International Brigadistas

(For more info see the article:"The Home Guard, 1940-1944; A People's Militia?")
Lecturing the Home Guard, Osterley 2007

We believe this is a period of British and Spanish history which does not receive the attention it deserves, and it is our aim to both inform and educate visitors through our events about the struggle in Spain immediately preceding the Second World War.

We are highly conscious of the sacrifice made by men and women from around the world in the cause of anti-fascism in Spain. We enjoy close links with veteran organisations and have made contact with a number of surviving veterans; in fact any anti-fascist veteran of the Spanish Civil War has automatic right to life membership of La Columna if they so desire. See contacts links for details.

We also have links with our Spanish sister living history group- ¡Ay,Carmela¡ - who we linked up in July 2008 at the 70th anniversary of the Crossing of the Ebro in Móra d'Ebre (see clip below).

We have also more recently made contact with a new French Spanish Civil War group La Masellesa and Northern Spanish group Sancho de Beurko.

Short film of showing members of La Columna along side our Spanish Comrades, Móra d'Ebre, July 2008

La Columna has various roles to suit everyone: You can become a member of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade, or a militiaman or woman from an international section of one of the revolutionary militias. Or take on a non military civilian or medical persona.
Children of La Columna as Basque Refugees

There are also roles for children, for example, at a 'Aid for Spain' rally or a Basque children refugee event- remembering the 5000 refugee Basque children who were evacuated to Great Britain. See our links page for more information about Spanish refugees.

We are constantly looking for volunteers to join our ranks in a military, civilian or support role. See our contacts page for details.

We determined to set a very high standard of accuracy in our representations from the outset; all our clothing and equipment are either original items or accurate copies. We assist new members with kit from our pooled supply of spare items until they can gather their own kit together.

© 2004 - 2009 Text and Pictures La Columna, unless otherwise stated

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