Grande du Washington

U.S. Space Force Birthday
2023-12-20 | WA
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and the world’s only dedicated independent space force.[8] Along with the U.S. Air Force, the Space Force is part of the Department of the Air Force, led by the secretary of the Air Force.[9] The military heads of the Space Force are the chief of space operations, who is one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and vice chief of space operations.
The Space Force is the smallest U.S. armed service, consisting of 8,600 military personnel.[1] The Space Force operates 77 spacecraft in total across various programs such as GPS, Space Fence, military satellite communications constellations, X-37B spaceplanes, U.S. missile warning system, U.S. space surveillance network, and the Satellite Control Network. Under the Goldwater–Nichols Act, the Space Force is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping space forces, which are then presented to the unified combatant commands, predominantly to United States Space Command, for operational employment.

Oregon Winter Grande Cheminot
2024-01-27 | American Legion Post 51, 480 Main Street, Lebanon, OR, United States
December 20, 2023
To All Voyageurs:
This is the Official Call to the “Oregon Winter Grande Cheminot”to be held in Lebanon, Saturday January 27th, 2024.Your Hosts are Voiture & Cabane #891, along with A.L. Post & Aux. 51. Registration Form & Hotel info. attached.
Friday evening January 26th there will be dinner & Sunday morning January 28th there will be breakfast, at the post if interested.
Saturday January 27th:
Voyageur wreck 9:30 a.m.
Click HERE for the Oregon Grande Cheminot Registration
Click HERE for a list of local motel prices
Grande Cheminot 2:00 p.m.
Banquet 6 p.m.
Host Voiture 891’s Child Welfare Project is the Boys & Girls Club.Monetary donations should go through your Cabanes & Cabane checks should be made payable to Voiture #891& note in the memo area. Send to V891 Ray Johnson, 37286 Meredith Dr., Lebanon, OR 97355. Since money is out of Cabane funds, place under “donated” on your Cabane reports.You will list this on your next quarterly report for Jan.-March under Child Welfare.
Besides our normal 50/50 Grande Raffle we are also having a “Grab Bag Raffle” to go towards the Youth Sports Program. Dames, please bring Grab Bags filled with goodies priced anywhere from $3 and beyond!
They will be $3.00 each bag,or 2 bags for $5.00, or 4 bags for $10.00.
So please help by purchasing tickets.
There will be door prizes at the Cheminot too, so bring some cash to donate. Registration fee is $15.00.
Hope to see you in Lebanon!
Jason Virnig, Grande Correspondante

Daylight Saving Time ends
2024-02-27 | WA
Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 2:00 A.M. On Saturday night, clocks are set back 1 hour (i.e., gaining one hour) to “fall back.” Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on November 3, 2024, than the day before. There will be more light in the morning.

Great Western Promenade 2024
2024-04-10 - 2024-04-13 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 7607 NE 26th Ave, Vancouver , WA, 98665, United States
Just received this information about the Great Western Promenade in April 2024.
Save the date.
For downloadable information click HERE
Registration forms and more information will be out soon.
Contact: v-99correspondant@voiture-99.com for more info.

2024 Great Western Promenade
2024-04-10 - 2024-04-13 | Doubletree by Hilton, 12712 SE 2nd Cir, Vancouver, WA, United States
Dear Voyageurs,

Attached is the information for the 2024 Great Western Promenade to be held in Vancouver, Washington April 10-13, 2024. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. FYI we are hosting it and could use help as well!

Click here for Registration.
Click here for Ad information

Click here for Tour and activity schedules.

En service,

Anne Beaton, Madame La Presidente, Great Western 2024

Petite Grande Promenade
2024-05-18 | American Legion Post 31, 206 W Franklin St, Shelton, WA, 98584, United States
More information as soon as it’s available.

U.S, Army Birthday
2024-06-14 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
The U.S. Army was founded on 14 June 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized enlistment of riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year.
The 14 June date is when Congress adopted “the American continental army” after reaching a consensus position in The Committee of the Whole. This procedure and the desire for secrecy account for the sparseness of the official journal entries for the day. The record indicates only that Congress undertook to raise ten companies of riflemen, approved an enlistment form for them, and appointed a committee (including Washington and Schuyler) to draft rules and regulations for the government of the army. The delegates’ correspondence, diaries, and subsequent actions make it clear that they really did much more. They also accepted responsibility for the existing New England troops and forces requested for the defense of the various points in New York. The former were believed to total 10,000 men; the latter, both New Yorkers and Connecticut men, another 5,000.
At least some members of Congress assumed from the beginning that this force would be expanded. That expansion, in the form of increased troop ceilings at Boston, came very rapidly as better information arrived regarding the actual numbers of New England troops. By the third week in June delegates were referring to 15,000 at Boston. When on 19 June Congress requested the governments of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire to forward to Boston “such of the forces as are already embodied, towards their quotas of the troops agreed to be raised by the New England Colonies,” it gave a clear indication of its intent to adopt the regional army. Discussions the next day indicated that Congress was prepared to support a force at Boston twice the size of the British garrison, and that it was unwilling to order any existing units to be disbanded. By the first week in July delegates were referring to a total at Boston that was edging toward 20.000. Maximum strengths for the forces both in Massachusetts and New York were finally established on 21 and 22 July, when solid information was on hand. These were set, respectively, at 22,000 and 5,000 men, a total nearly double that envisioned on 14 June.

Voiture 135 19th Annual Blue Grass Festival
2024-07-12 - 2024-07-14 | Shelton South Mason Soccer Park, 2102 E. Johns Prairie Rd., Shelton, WA, 98584, United States

GRAND PROMENADE (Check in and Social Time)
2024-08-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 7607 NE 26th Ave, Vancouver , WA, 98665, United States
Message from Grande Chef de Gare Frank Falbee
Voyageurs, as you know, the annual Grand Promenade for Washington is scheduled for the 3rd of August. That is a Saturday, at Voiture 99 in Vancouver, WA. Word has been out for over two months now. As of this date, July 23, 2024, only a handful of voyageurs have registered to attend. In view of this lack of interest I have directed the management of Voiture 99 to return all registration fees and cancel the banquet scheduled for Saturday evening. The Promenade will still be held on Aug 3rd. At Voiture 99 beginning at 10AM for the Cheminot and 1 PM for the Promenade. Officers for next year will be elected. I hope that representatives from voitures within driving distance of Vancouver can see their way to attend and have their voices heard.
Frank A. Falbee
Chef de Gare
Grand Voiture DU Washington

GRANDE PROMENADE
2024-08-03 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 7607 NE 26th Ave, Vancouver , WA, 98665, United States

Promenade Nationale
2024-09-17 08:00 - 2024-09-21 17:00 | Kalahari Resort, 7000 Kalahari Drive, Sandusky, OH, United States
September 17-21 , 2024
Kalahari Resort, Sandusky, OH

Click Here to View or Print the 105th Promenade Nationale Agenda
Click Here to View or Print the 105th Promenade Nationale Registration form in PDF
Click Here to View or Print the 105th Promenade Nationale Registration FORM FILL IN
Click Here to View or Print the 105th Promenade Nationale Program Book Ad’s DEADLINE IS AUGUST 1ST
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Click Here to View or Print the 105th Promenade Nationale Past Chef & Generals Club luncheon Form
Click on link below to reserve your room for the 105th Promenade Nationale
https://book.passkey.com/e/50722788
OR CALL 1-877-525-2427 AND GIVE THEM CODE ID 37072

See below links for Venue’s
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Click here to view June’s TidBit

AIRPORT PICK
CALL FRANK KRONEN AT 216-210-1898

THE KALAHARI ONLY HAS 4 MOTORIZED SCOOTERS FOR RENT IT IS A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASES. ONCE THESE ARE RENTED BELOW IS A COMPANY THAT DOES RENT THEM BUT THEY HAVE LIMITED SCOOTERS PLEASE GET YOURS RESERVED ASAP
ROCKING MOBILITY ASK FOR MAY 216-356-6984
PLEASE LET THEM KNOW YOUR WITH THE 40/8 THE MORE WE RENT THE BETTER PRICING WE CAN GET
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Save the form to your computer in order to use the form fill-in features. After the form is filled out, save and attach it to an email. Please send to ttaylor@fortyandeight.org. You will receive a confirmation email after your registration is processed if you dont recieve an email please contact me
Click Here to View or Print the 105th Promenade Nationale Agenda (schedule may change between now and Promenade).

Daylight Saving Time begins
2025-03-09 | WA
Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 2:00 A.M. On Saturday night, clocks are set forward 1 hour (i.e., losing one hour) to “spring forward.” Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on March 10, 2024, than the day before. There will be more light in the evening.

Voiture 99 Promenade
2025-04-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 7607 NE 26th Ave, Vancouver , WA, 98665, United States
This Wednesday Chef Jon is doing Beef Wellington with mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts hugged by bacon. The cost for the meal is $13, the best buy in town! join us at 5pm with our meeting to follow at 6pm.
Dinner 5:00 pm
Meetings 6:00 pm

Grand du Washington Zoom Meeting
2025-05-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Meeting
Grand Chef Brennan wanted this word passed.

If you have any questions you can call me at 360 910-4018 or Patrick at 619 787-8859
Annie
Topic: 40et8 Petite Grande

Time: May 3, 2025 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Grande Promenade (In Person and Online Zoom meeting)
2025-06-21 10:00 - 11:30 | V-99 Chateau and Zoom, 2809 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA, 98665, United States
The Grande Promenade will be held in the Voiture 99 Chateau and all current members are welcome to attend in person. If you’re not able to be here in person the Grande Promenade will be an Online Zoom meeting.
The meeting will start at 10 am!!!! The link will be live at 9:30 for all to test the connection before the meeting starts. The minutes are attached from the June Cheminot.

40et8 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Grande Promenade June 21st
Topic: 40 et 8
Time: Jun 21, 2025 09:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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40 et 8 Annual Labor Day Car Show
2025-09-01 10:00 - 15:00 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 7607 NE 26th Ave, Vancouver , WA, 98665, United States

Promenade Nationale
2025-09-23 - 2025-09-27 | The Eisenhower, Gettysburg, PA, 2634 Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, PA, 17325, United States
September 23th – 27st, 2025
The Eisenhower, Gettysburg, PA
Registration closes August 31th, 2025
Click here to register

ADDITIONAL INFO

CORRESPONDANT CHALLENGE

Form Fill-In Registration form

EARLY BIRD MENU

SCOOTER INFORMATION

GETTYSBURG NATIONALE PROMENADE PRESENTATION 2025

TO PRINT OR VIEW AD FORM CLICK HERE

106TH PROMENADE AGENDA

PRE-SALE 106TH PROMENADE COINS

Grande Petite Promenade (In Person and Online Zoom meeting) Link is Posted Below
2026-05-30 10:00 - 11:30 | V-99 Chateau and Zoom, 2809 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA, 98665, United States
Grande Petite Promenade (In Person and Online Zoom meeting) Link is Posted Below
opic: 40&8 Grand Du Washington
Time: May 30, 2026 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Please reach out to Chef Locke or Annie if you have questions about logging
in for the meeting.
The meeting will start at 10:30 a break at 11am with the Petite Promenade at
12:00. These times are estimated so please be aware of that. Nominations
will be open for state offices. If you are interested or have any questions
please reach out to Chef Brennan or Correspondante Beaton and she can
give you his contact details.

107th Promenade & 63rd Rendezvous Nationale
2026-09-22 - 2026-09-26 | Eisenhpwer Hotel, 2634 Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, PA, 17325, United States
Link to book room at the Eisenhower Hotel –
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Link to book room at the Aspire Hotel –
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40 et 8 National Promenade
2026-09-22 - 2026-09-26 | Eisenhower Hotel, 2634 Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, PA, 17325, United States
