Prairie Acadian Cultural Center reopens

By News Staff on Monday, March 17, 2025
  • Cutting a ribbon marking the reopening of the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center on Friday were, from left, Scott Fontenot Eunice mayor; Laura McDonald and Lainey Binnix, park rangers; Herman Fuselier, parish tourism director; Justin Lemoine, executive director of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area; and Dwight Jodon, Eunice Rotary Club member. (LSN photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    Cutting a ribbon marking the reopening of the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center on Friday were, from left, Scott Fontenot Eunice mayor; Laura McDonald and Lainey Binnix, park rangers; Herman Fuselier, parish tourism director; Justin Lemoine, executive director of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area; and Dwight Jodon, Eunice Rotary Club member. (LSN photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    By: HARLAN KIRGAN LSN Editor It has been a long 5 years’ Despite mass firings coming out of Washington, D.C., the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center reopened on Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Center has been closed since 2019 due to renovations and the Covid pandemic. The National Park Service site is one of three cultural sites of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park Pre...

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