On May 6, 1937, 5000 Latinas from Ybor City assembled on 7th Avenue to protest the rise of fascism in Spain and around the world. They marched from Ybor City to downtown Tampa to address Mayor R.E.L. Chancey at City Hall, where a marcher presented him with a petition on behalf of the Ybor community declaring their moral obligation to aid Spanish cities defending their democratic government against fascist aggression. During the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939, Ybor Latinas and their neighbors waged an antifascist campaign, sending tons of food and clothing as well as 20,000 cigars, 4 ambulances, 1 x-ray machine, and $7,000 of medication to Spanish Republican forces. Twenty-four men from Ybor City also joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, the volunteer unit that fought the fascist regime. Although Franco's fascist supporters won the war, the people of Ybor remained dedicated to the antifascist cause and later rallied to support the Allied forces against the fascist Axis Powers during World War II.