September 18, 2012

By: Kevin Gros

Tuesday’s presentation was by Benjamin Bernard, a sales representative from Hyundai of Houma and Living Historian.  Ben is a native of Cut Off and now lives in Thibodaux with his wife Lara and son Logan.

Ben is a historian and when he’s not selling cars, he’s busy teaching history through living reenactments for the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Regional Reenactments, and visiting area schools teaching children about the life of the soldier in wars from the American Revolution, the Civil War, Vietnam and everything in between. 

Ben has appeared in several History Channel programs based on World War II and the Vietnam War and assisted with the development of World War II Video games such as the popular “Call of Duty”.  Ben’s grandfather was a Major in the Korean War and he became interested in war history at an early age.  Ben has spent many hours with our fighting soldiers gaining an understanding of how war feels, and what is life really like for the men on the front lines.

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