40 & 8 NATIONAL
La Societe des Quarante Hommes at Huit Chevaux is an independent fraternal organization of U. S. veterans, more commonly known as the Forty & Eight.
The Forty & Eight was formed in 1920 by American Legionnaires as an honor society and from its earliest days it has been committed to charitable aims. Membership is by invitation for members of the American Legion who have shown exemplary service. All Forty & Eight members are thus veterans of congressionally recognized wartime periods via their Legion membership.
The Forty & Eight’s titles and symbols reflect its First World War origins. American servicemen in France were transported to the battle front on narrow gauge French railroads (Chemin de Fer) inside boxcars (Voitures) that were half the size of American boxcars. Each French boxcar was stenciled with a “40/8”, denoting its capacity to hold either forty men or eight horses. This ignominious and uncomfortable mode of transportation was familiar to all who traveled from the coast to the trenches; a common small misery among American soldiers who thereafter found “40/8” a lighthearted symbol of the deeper service, sacrifice and unspoken horrors of war that truly bind those who have borne the battle.
If your Post has veterans who qualify to join the "40&8" start a 40 & 8 Unit at your Post.
Visit http://www.legion.org for online details.
HUNTINGTON CO. 40 & 8 VOITURE 850 PROMENADES 2009
Jan 28th P-160
Feb 25 P-160
Mar 28th P-160
Apr 22th P-160
May 27th P-160
Jun 24th P-160
Jul 22-P-160
Aug 26th P-160
Sep 23rd P-160
Oct 28th P -160
Nov 25th P-160 Happy Thanksgiving
Dec 23rd P-160 Merry Christmas
Stag Golf Outing June 7th 8am
B&D Golf Outing Aug 16th - 8 am
YOUR ANNUAL DUES ARE CHEAP!!!!!!
MANY PAID MUCH MORE
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