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WELCOME TO THE VETERAN'S🎖️ORGANIZATION AND CLUB FORTY AND EIGHT (40ET8) 🇨🇵 📯 🇺🇸

The MERCI TRAIN 🇺🇸 🚂 🇨🇵

At the 🇺🇸 Forty et Eight 🚂 Club (Chateau), our goal is bringing military veterans and families together to promote helping others, and building a supportive veteran positive community. Our programs and activities are designed to be a catalyst that help people reach their goals and fulfill their potential. Learn more about the positive impact we have and join us in bringing about positive change. Please bring your Veteran, yourself and your children to our Capital City - Lansing, Michigan, Voiture (Post) 946 🇺🇸📯🇨🇵🎖️, and see what we can can do together. 🚂 😃

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LA SOCIETE DES QUARANTE HOMMES ET HUIT CHEVAUX 🇨🇵 ENGLISH: 🇺🇸 "THE SOCIETY OF FORTY MEN AND EIGHT HORSES"

The organization (also known as "La Société") can trace its no roots back to 1920, when Joseph W. Breen and 15 other members of the American Legion, who were veterans of World War I, came together and founded it as an honor society for certain Legion members. They envisioned a new and different level of elite membership and camaraderie for leaders of the American Legion.

The title "40 & 8" comes from the box cars that were used to transport troops to the front in France. Each car had the emblem 40/8 stenciled on the sides, which meant that it could carry 40 men or 8 horses. These cars were known as forty-and-eights. They were seen by the troops as a miserable way to travel, and the new organization was thus called the 40 & 8 in an attempt to make some light of the common misery they had all shared. The 40et8 Societe seperated from the American Legion, but still works closely with them, and the VFW, to promote a positive veteran community.

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THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES  🇺🇸

The Forty et Eight 🇺🇸🚂🇨🇵 is in the business of building fun activities and events to promote patriotic values, good deeds, and a strong veteran community. The work we do at our Veterans Club is aimed at providing a worthy approach to solving some of our society’s challenges. We make sure our community is empowered by creating opportunities for veterans, individuals, and families to come together for the common good. 👍

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VETERAN RESOURCES 🎖️

Helping Veterans with the VA, and promoting La Societies' noble causes.

We try to give veterans from all wars periods access to the right resources, to become empowered by their own abilities and gain the confidence to fulfill their potential. We offer guidance on navigating the VA system, and how to go about filing claims, appeals, and what to expect from a review. We offer resources to veterans that they might not know they qualify for. Learn more about our work by getting in touch with us today. 😃

Veteran Memorial Service

HELPING OTHERS 💯

Membership is open only to honorably discharged veterans and honorably serving members of the United States Armed Forces.

The 40et8 and La Femme's are committed to charitable and patriotic aims.  Our purpose is to uphold and defend the United States Constitution of the United States, to promote the well-being of veterans, their widows, widowers, and orphans, and to actively participate in selected charitable endeavors, which include among others, programs that promote child welfare and nurses training.

Soldier and Family Reunion

La Societe De Femme

The La Societe De Femme is an organization formed in 1963 and associated with La Societe Des Quarante Hommes et Huit Cheveau (40/8), made up of female members affiliated with Voyageurs Militaire & Veterans. We have been confused with the 8&40 and 4&20 of the American Legion & Auxiliary, which we are not part of. Each of our units and officers are named after the French Railroad.🇫🇷 Our units and titles parallel the Voyageurs except that each unit is called Cabane (Caboose). All of our programs are the same as the 40et8, which aids the Voiture and works toward the betterment of La Societe as a whole. To be a member you must be 18 years of age and be affiliated with a 40et8'er, an American Legion Member or a Veteran. Our Dames of Cabane 946 🇨🇵🚂 🇺🇸 are very active in all of our programs.

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  • “You should never forget that the airplanes don't fly, the tanks don't run, the ships don't sail, the missiles don't fire unless the sons and  daughters of America make them do it.” 🇺🇸

LTG Norman Schwarzkopf (Ret)

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TO CONTACT THE LANSING MICHIGAN, FORTY ET EIGHT VOITURE 946

Get in touch with Forty et Eight Voiture 946, Lansing, MI to learn more about our organization, and how you can join. 😃

2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA

(517) 882-2602

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Upcoming Events

  • THE CHETAU'S MENU 📯
    THE CHETAU'S MENU 📯
    Mon, May 01
    40et8 Voiture 946
    May 01, 2023, 3:57 PM – Apr 30, 2026, 9:17 PM
    40et8 Voiture 946, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    May 01, 2023, 3:57 PM – Apr 30, 2026, 9:17 PM
    40et8 Voiture 946, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    This is the food items that are available for sale when the kitchen is open. All the items are made to order, and flavorful. 😋 Please come and support the organization, as well as have a nice meal to boot! 🇺🇸
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  • 🍔 BUILD-A-BURGER MENU 📝
    🍔 BUILD-A-BURGER MENU 📝
    Mon, May 01
    40et8 Voiture 946
    May 01, 2023, 5:30 PM – Apr 27, 2026, 7:20 PM
    40et8 Voiture 946, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    May 01, 2023, 5:30 PM – Apr 27, 2026, 7:20 PM
    40et8 Voiture 946, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    The Menu for ordering food on the Tuesday Build-a-Burger Night 🍔 from 5:30pm to 7:20pm. There are more food choices to order than just hamburgers 😊👍
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  • Military Order of the Purple 💜 Heart.
    Military Order of the Purple 💜 Heart.
    Wed, May 24
    40et8 Voiture 946
    May 24, 2023, 7:00 PM – Mar 25, 2026, 8:00 PM
    40et8 Voiture 946, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    May 24, 2023, 7:00 PM – Mar 25, 2026, 8:00 PM
    40et8 Voiture 946, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    The monthly meeting for the members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart takes place at the 40et8 Location from 7pm-8pm on the 4th Wednesday of every month.
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  • 🇺🇸 MEMORIAL DAY 🇺🇸 Train 🚂 leaves for Parade 🚂
    🇺🇸 MEMORIAL DAY 🇺🇸 Train 🚂 leaves for Parade 🚂
    Mon, May 29
    America 🇺🇸
    May 29, 2023, 10:00 AM – May 26, 2026, 3:00 AM
    America 🇺🇸
    May 29, 2023, 10:00 AM – May 26, 2026, 3:00 AM
    America 🇺🇸
    Please remember the people who gave the greatest gift for our freedom 💓
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  • Friday Night Dinner Special 😋 🎊 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 🎊
    Friday Night Dinner Special 😋 🎊 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 🎊
    Time is TBD
    40et8 Voiture
    Time is TBD
    40et8 Voiture, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    Time is TBD
    40et8 Voiture, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    Special - TBD. 😁 Team #4
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  • Patio Party 🎉🎉🎉  🌭 Open to Members and Guests.🌭)
    Patio Party 🎉🎉🎉  🌭 Open to Members and Guests.🌭)
    Time is TBD
    40et8 Voiture
    Time is TBD
    40et8 Voiture, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    Time is TBD
    40et8 Voiture, 2949 S Waverly Hwy, Lansing, MI 48911, USA
    Every Thursday from Memorial Day🎖️(May 30) through Labor Day! 🇺🇸 (September 5)
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ELECTED OFFICERS FOR THE VOITURE & CABANE 946:

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CHEF DE GARE

Dave Keyes

CHEF DE TRAIN

Rich Adams

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CONDUCTEUR

Dan Shinaver

GARDE DE LA PORTE

Dawn Shinaver

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COMMISSAIRE INTENDANT

OPEN

AVOCAT

Jim Coe II

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CHEMINOT

Mark Richardson

CHEMINOT

Randy Gregor

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GRAND CONDUCTEUR

Mike Spitzley

CABANE - LA PRESIDENTE

Lori Coe

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CABANE - LA SOUS PRESIDENTE

Krissy Brokenshire

CABANE - LA CONDUCTEUR

Julia Rodriguez

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CABANE - LA GARDE DE LA PORTE

Norma Segueda

CABANE - LA AUMONIER

Tina McLouth

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CABANE - 1ST LA DRAPEAU

Terry Boisclair

CABANE - 2ND LA DRAPEAU

Twila Willard

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CABANE - HISTORIAN

Teresa Gilson

CHEMINOT

Jake Yantz

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All Officers are volunteers who give freely and generously of their time. We Thank Them For Their Continued Service To Us!📯🇺🇸

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