| 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 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.
Goose Creek Voiture 1067 conducts their Promenades at American Legion Post 166 in Goose Creek, South Carolina. The Post is located at 116 Howe Hall Road just off of Red Bank Road. The forty & Eight Promanade and the La Femmes Rendezvous are held on the 4th Tuesday of every month at 7:30 PM.
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