Voiture 96 La Societe 40 ET 8 Scholarship

This scholarship was established by the local 40 & 8 chapter called Spokane Voiture 96. The Forty & Eight is an independent fraternal organization of veterans. Established in 1920 by members of the American Legion as a charitable honor society of American veterans, the founders based the organization on their military experiences in WWI in France. The box car, of the French railways, which carried forty men or eight horses to the front, is the symbol of the organization. The 40 & 8 Nurses Training program, unique to the organization, was established in 1955 as a means of ensuring adequate numbers of skilled nurses for our nation in time of war and peace.