The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life.

The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish people knew they were not fighting alone.

A lot of this stuff wouldn't happen without the volunteers since we're a nonprofit organization.

You've got to really believe in what you're doing because our team is made up of civilian volunteers. No one gets pai, we do get a lot of support from State Civil Defense.

I'm enormously afraid of one inevitable and trivial thing - that one day I'll simply cease to exist.

It was recognition for our volunteers. There are so many (volunteer) hours that go into an organization like this and ... this year was even tougher and more challenging than other years because we had so many additional people in the community.