FORTYANDEIGHT
The Forty and Eight
Overview
Voyageurs Militaire (Military Travelers)—honorably discharged veterans and serving members of U.S. Armed Forces.
What Organization Does
Charitable and patriotic work including child welfare, nursing training programs, Box Car Association, VAVS hospital visits, POW/MIA remembrance.
Where Organization Operates
Founded in 1920 at American Legion Post 297 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
About
La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux (The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses), an independent honor society inspired by WWI French boxcars.
Membership Eligibility
Membership is by invitation only, open to honorably discharged veterans and honorably serving members of the U.S. Armed Forces.