“It is common knowledge,” said the Forty and Eight executive committee, “that the national organization of the American Legion is, and for more than the past seven years has been, under the ...

Founded in 1920, the Forty and Eight began as an elite honor society for the American Legion, but it became its own independent veterans' organization in 1960. The organization’s name comes from ...

This was all part of the Christmas gift giveaway for children with special needs that Forty and Eight Voiture 1292, an American Legion honor society, holds each year. In attendance were members of ...